Massacre at Ayyadieh

Massacre at Ayyadieh
Massacre at Ayyadieh
Part of the Third Crusade
	Massacre of the Saracen prisoners, ordered by King Richard the Lionheart (Alphonse de Neuville).
Date	20 August 1191
Target	Prisoners of war from Saladin's army; Prisoners of war from King Richard I's army
Attack type	Massacre
Deaths	c. 2700 Ayyubid prisoners; Unknown number of Crusader prisoners of war
Injured	2000[citation needed]
Perpetrator	King Richard I's army ; Saladin's army

The Massacre of Ayyadieh occurred during the Third Crusade after the fall of Acre when King Richard I had more than two thousand Muslim prisoners of war from the captured city beheaded in front of the Ayyubid armies of sultan Saladin on 20 August 1191. Despite attacks by Muslim forces during the killings, the Christian Crusaders were able to retire in good order. Saladin subsequently ordered various Crusader prisoners of war to be executed in retaliation.^[2]^[1]

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