 The Estoire de Eracles wrongly claimed that Saladin 's sister was also among the prisoners taken by Raynald when he seized the caravan . Actually , she returned from Mecca to Damascus in a subsequent pilgrim @-@ caravan in March 1187 . To protect her against an attack by Raynald , Saladin escorted the pilgrims while they were travelling near Oultrejordain . Saladin stormed into Oultrejordain on 26 April and pillaged Raynald 's domains for a month . Thereafter , Saladin marched to <unk> , where the troops coming from all parts of his realm assembled . 
