Joscelin I of Courtenay had been undermining a tower, but it collapsed on top of him, and he was very badly injured. As he lay dying, he heard that Mas'ud of Ikonion was attacking Kaisun, and told his son Joscelin II to go and drive him off. His son refused, on the grounds that his army was too small. Thereupon the father summoned a litter, got on it, and was carried for a time half-dead towards Kaisun. He was met by Geoffrey the Monk who said that at the news of his approach alone Mas'ud had withdrawn. Thus Joscelin died happy, apart from fears over his son