The first part ends with the surrender of Jerusalem. The author labels as traitors those responsible, since they paid their own ransom to Saladin and hence paid to be disinherited. The poor are unable to pay. Saladin ritually cleanses the Temple Mount, the golden cross atop the Dome of the Rock is removed, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is plundered and the gates of Jerusalem are closed to Christians. The narrative has come full circle: from the closing of the gates amidst the discord between Christians to the closing of the gates to all Christians by Saladin.