Nur al-Din captured Harim, setting up fire signals for Muslim prisoners escaping from Frankish lands

Summary:
Nur al-Din captured Harim from the Franks after a strenuous battle, in order to take revenge for his defeat at Yaghra. After the capture, he set two signal fires burning all night to show the way to Muslim prisoners escaping from Frankish territory. Frankish rulers offered him 20,000 dinars for removing the signals, but the offer was not accepted 
Dates:
1164 
Nur al-Din al-Malik al-'Adil of Aleppo (Nur al-Din 4001)
  • Nur al-Din captured Harim from the Franks after a strenuous battle, in order to take revenge for his defeat at Yaghra; after the capture, he set two signal fires burning all night to show the way to Muslim prisoners escaping from Frankish territory (:) فتحه ... نور الدين ... وكان السبب في فتحه انه ... كسر على يغرا ... لما ملكها ... رتب مشعلين يوقدان دائماً ليلاً ليهتدي بهما من يهرب من بلاد الفرنج من أسارى المسلمين Ibn Shaddad 389
  • He was offered 20,000 dinars for removing two fire signals he had set to indicate the way to Muslim prisoners escaping from Frankish territory; the offer was not accepted (:) فبذلوا الفرنج على ان يزالا لنور الدين عشرين ألف دينار فلم يجبهم Ibn Shaddad 389