 Ali ibn al @-@ Athir and other Muslim historians recorded that Raynald made a truce with Saladin in 1186 . This " seems unlikely to be true " , according to historian Bernard Hamilton , because the truce between the Kingdom of Jerusalem and Saladin covered Raynald 's domains . In late 1186 or early 1187 , a rich caravan travelled through Oultrejordain from Egypt to Syria . Ali ibn al @-@ Athir mentioned that a group of armed men accompanied the caravan . Raynald seized the caravan , possibly because he regarded the presence of soldiers as a breach of the truce , according to Hamilton . He took all the merchants and their families prisoner , seized a large amount of booty , and refused to receive envoys from Saladin demanding compensation . Saladin sent his envoys to Guy of Lusignan , who accepted his demands . However , Raynald refused to obey the king , stating that " he was lord of his land , just as Guy was lord of his , and he had no truces with the Saracens " . Saladin proclaimed a jihad ( or holy war ) against the kingdom , taking an oath that he would personally kill Raynald for breaking the truce . 
