▁Palest ine ▁during ▁the ▁Third ▁Cr us ade . ▁Non eth eless , ▁in ▁ 1 1 9 6 , ▁Sultan ▁al - Az iz ▁U th man b dec ided ▁to ▁have ▁it ▁demol ished ▁in ▁case ▁of ▁its ▁capture ▁by ▁the ▁Cr us aders . ▁According ▁to ▁ 1 5 th - century ▁historian ▁al - Ma q ri zi , ▁this ▁decision ▁resulted ▁in ▁public ▁res ent ment ▁since ▁travel ers ▁and ▁mer ch ants ▁had ▁significantly ▁benef ited ▁from ▁the ▁fort ' s ▁protection . ▁In ▁ 1 2 2 6 , ▁Sy rian ▁ge ograph er ▁Ya q ut ▁al - H am aw i ▁visited ▁Dar um ▁and ▁noted ▁it ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁cities ▁of ▁Lot ▁and ▁contained ▁a ▁ru ined ▁castle . ▁ ▁M aml uk ▁rule ▁Following ▁its ▁demol ition , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁known ▁how ▁long ▁Dar um ▁remained ▁desert ed , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁eventually ▁res ett led ▁during ▁M aml uk ▁rule ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁ 1 2 5 0 . ▁For ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁M aml uk ▁era , ▁the ▁town ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁the ▁polit ically ▁important ▁Ni y ab ah ▁of ▁Gaz a ▁( Pro v ince ▁of ▁Gaz a ), ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁Mam la ka ▁of ▁Dam asc us ▁( K ing dom ▁of ▁Dam asc us .) ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Kar ati y ya ▁and ▁Beit ▁J ibr in , ▁Dar um ▁was ▁an ▁am al ▁( d istrict ) ▁of ▁the