The Battle of Jaffa took place during the Crusades, as one of a series of campaigns between the army of Sultan Saladin (Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb) and the Crusader forces led by King Richard I of England (known as Richard the Lionheart). Richard, having taken Acre in July 1191, was marching to Joppa (Jaffa), but the Muslim army under Saladin slowed down the Crusaders’ progress when they advanced from Caesarea, which By the summer of 1192 the Third Crusade had ground to a bitter halt. In consequence, Richard I started gathering his forces at Acre for a campaign … Battle of Jaffa (1192) The Battle of Jaffa took place during the Crusades , as one of a series of campaigns between the army of Sultan Saladin and the Crusader forces led by King Richard I of England . Sept. 2, 1192: The Treaty of Jaffa puts an end to hostilities of the Third Crusade. Battle of Jaffa: Lionheart’s Greatest Victory. It was the final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard were able to negotiate a truce.

Finally, Saladin set up an ambush (battle of Arsouf, 7 September 1191), but Richard had a pre-prepared plan to deal with this, and when it was put in place, the Turks were routed. Saladin never again risked a direct attack on Richard. What the Franks now needed, was to re-establish control of the coastal strip northwards from Tyre to re-establish contact with the County of Tripoli and beyond Tripoli, Antioch. Third Crusade (1189-1192) Initiated in response to Saladin’s defeat of the forces of the kingdom of Jerusalem at the battle of Hattin (4 July 1187) and his subsequent capture of the city of Jerusalem (2 October 1187), this campaign did not recapture the Holy City, but did reestablish the kingdom of Jerusalem in much reduced form and laid the basis for its continued existence for another century. Negotiated between Richard I the Lion Heart and Saladin, Christian pilgrims are granted special rights of travel around Palestine and inJerusalem. The Third Crusade (1189–1192), also known as The Kings’ Crusade, was an attempt by European leaders to reconquer the Holy Land from Saladin. Alex Zakrzewski. The crusaders wintered at Ascalon, and in 1192 marched on Jerusalem.

The campaign was largely successful, capturing the important cities of Acre and Jaffa, and reversing most of Saladin’s conquests, but it failed to capture Jerusalem, the emotional and spiritual motivation of the crusade. Battle of Arsuf in the Crusades…………………………Battle of Ascalon in the First Crusade…………………………….Biography of King Richard I, the Lionheart, of England, Crusader………………………….Saladin, Hero of Islam………………………….The Crusades: Battle of Hattin…………………………….

Ascalon was critical because it was located on the caravan routes between Egypt and Syria and therefore posed a threat to Saladin’s lines of communication.

When Saladin seized the key Crusader-held port in the Holy Land, Richard I clawed his way back and forced the sultan to the negotiating table. Battle of Arsūf, famous victory won by the English king Richard I (Richard the Lion-Heart) during the Third Crusade.