 The settlement with the Crusaders was accompanied by a proposed redistribution of the Ayyubid principalities whereby Damascus and its territories would by governed by al @-@ Ashraf , who recognized al @-@ Kamil 's sovereignty . An @-@ Nasir Dawud resisted the settlement , incensed by the Ayyubid @-@ Crusader truce . Al @-@ Kamil 's forces reached Damascus to enforce the proposed agreement in May 1229 . The siege put great pressure on the city , but the inhabitants rallied to an @-@ Nasir Dawud , supportive of al @-@ Mu 'azzam 's stable rule and angered at the treaty with Frederick . After one month , however , an @-@ Nasir Dawud sued for a peaceful outcome and was given a new principality centered around Karak , while al @-@ Ashraf , the governor of Diyar Bakr , assumed the governorship of Damascus . 
