camels from the local peasants. On his way back to Antioch, he and his retinue are attacked by Zangid warriors. Raynald is unhorsed and captured, and sent to Aleppo where he is put in jail. Africa The Almohads conquer Mahdia (modern Tunisia) from the Normans after an important naval success near the city, against Christian reinforcements coming from Sicily. A commercial treaty, between the Almohad Caliphate and the Republic of Pisa, opens the North African ports to Tuscan merchants (approximate date). Asia Siege of Sanjō Palace: A rebel force (some 500 men) under Minamoto no Yoshitomo launches a night attack against Emperor Nijō. They kidnap the retired-Emperor Go-Shirakawa and set fire to the palace in Kyoto. Emperor Dharanindravarman II dies and is succeeded by his cousin Yasovarman II as ruler of the Khmer Empire (modern Cambodia). Dharanindravarman's son Jayavarman VII goes into exile in neighboring Champa. By topic Education The Derby School is founded at Derby, England. Births October 4 – Alys of France, daughter of Louis VII (d. 1220) December 3 – Conrad of Querfurt, German bishop (d. 1202) Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur, Almohad caliph (d. 1199) Adolf III, count of Schaumburg and Holstein (d. 1225) Alice of Courtenay, French noblewoman (d. 1218) Ali ibn al-Athir, Arab historian and biographer (d. 1233) Azriel of Gerona, Catalan Jewish leader (d. 1238) Beatrice of Viennois, countess of Savoy (d. 1230) Bertold V, German nobleman (House of Zähringen) (d. 1218) Cadenet, French poet and troubadour (approximate date) David Kimhi, French rabbi and grammarian (d. 1235) Dulce of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1198) Eschiva of Ibelin, queen of Cyprus (d. 1196) Eudokia Komnene, French noblewoman (d. 1203) Hartmann I, count of Württemberg (d. 1240) Isaac the Blind, French rabbi and writer (d. 1235) John of Hexham, English chronicler (d. 1209) John of Matha, French priest and saint (d. 1213) Konoe Motomichi, Japanese nobleman (d. 1233) Ma Yuan, Chinese landscape painter (d. 1225) Mestwin I, duke of Pomerania (approximate date) Parisius (or Parisio), Italian priest and saint (d. 1267) Philip the Chancellor, French theologian (d. 1236) Rudolph I, count palatine of Tübingen (d. 1219) Sasaki Takatsuna, Japanese samurai (d. 1214) Sibylla (or Sibylle), queen of Jerusalem (d. 1190) Siraj al-Din al-Sakaki, Persian scholar (d. 1229) Taira no Koremori, Japanese general (d. 1184) Taira no Noritsune, Japanese nobleman (d. 1185) Tamar the Great, queen of Georgia (approximate date) Vladislaus III, duke of Bohemia (approximate