the siege, Ibn al-Athir attributes the failure to Qawam ad-Daula Kerbuqa, who led the Muslim charge and failed for treating the Muslims "with such contempt and scorn" and prevented the Muslims from killing the Franks when given the opportunity. Ibn al-Athir's description of the siege ended in the overwhelming victory of Frankish armies against the Muslims. This was but the first step to the conquest of Jerusalem by the crusaders in 1099. Partial editions D. S. Richards translated a large portion of the text dealing with the history of the Seljuk Turks. . There is also a partial translation to French, concerning the Arab conquest of the Maghreb and Al-Andalus, made by E. Fagnan: Annales du Maghreb & de l'Espagne (Typographie Adolphe Jourdan, Alger, 1898). See also List of Sunni books History of Damascus History of Baghdad History of Nishapur Notes References Sunni literature 1230s books 13th-century Arabic books Literature of the Ayyubid Sultanate Texts about the Crusades