ay mont ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁hands ▁of ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁A yy ub id ▁dynast y . ▁The ▁city ▁was ▁notable ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁detailed ▁accounts ▁recorded . ▁One ▁of ▁these ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁site , ▁along ▁with ▁others ▁in ▁the ▁region , ▁was ▁pl under ed ▁by ▁the ▁conquer ors . ▁Im ad ▁ad - D in ▁al - Is fah ani , ▁Sal adin ' s ▁secretary , ▁wrote ▁that ▁upon ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁La ▁F ève , ▁C ay mont ▁surrender ed ▁like ▁other ▁Frank ish ▁local ities . ▁In ▁January ▁ 1 1 8 8 , ▁some ▁of ▁Sal adin ' s ▁men ▁proposed ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁Cr us aders ' ▁main ▁coast al ▁strong hold ▁of ▁A cre , ▁to ▁prevent ▁the ▁Cr us aders ▁from ▁recon qu ering ▁and ▁re - est ab lish ing ▁it . ▁C ay mont , ▁known ▁by ▁the ▁Muslim s ▁as ▁" Q ay mun ", ▁would ▁be ▁preserved ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁region ' s ▁principal ▁Muslim ▁strong hold . ▁Q ay mun ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁good ▁choice ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁close ▁enough ▁to ▁the ▁sea , ▁but ▁far ▁enough ▁to ▁th wart ▁naval ▁attacks . ▁Ult imately , ▁however , ▁Sal adin ▁decided ▁to ▁fort ify ▁A cre ▁instead . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Third ▁Cr us ade , ▁Q ay mun ▁was ▁mentioned ▁again ▁when ▁Sal adin ▁sent ▁his ▁property ▁to ▁Q ay mun ▁and ▁Naz are th ▁during ▁the ▁Sie ge ▁of ▁A cre .