Manuel I received ambassadors making requests for the Second Crusade, which he granted

Summary:
Some preliminary ambassadors appeared to make arrangements for the passage of the Second Crusade through Byzantine lands, especially the establishment of special markets to provide provisions. Manuel received them in a positive way, praising their undertaking and generously offering what they asked, provided they abstained from violence. He soon began to put these promises into action. He mentioned that he was writing in the course of war with the infidel, claiming credit. This would be held against him during the crusade, when the westerners discovered that he had later made peace with Mas'ud 
Dates:
1146: 
preliminary ambassadors from the second crusade (Anonymi 189)
  • They asked Manuel 1 for passage through Byzantine lands and markets for supplies, as if in a friendly embassy; he was surprised, but generously offered all they asked, provided they abstained from violence (:) Niketas Choniates, Historia 61.66-77
Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (Manuel 1)
  • He received Anonymi 189, ambassadors from the crusaders asking for passage through Byzantine lands and markets for provisions, in an apparently friendly way; he praised their undertaking and generously offered what they asked, provided they abstained from violence (:) Niketas Choniates, Historia 61.66-77
  • Having agreed to allow the crusaders through and provide markets for them, he put the plan into action: he sent men to prepare stores on the roads the foreigners would follow, while warning Byzantine forces to be ready if the crusade was not as peaceful as was hoped (:) Niketas Choniates, Historia 61.78-62.84
  • It was later remembered that his letter to Louis 101 Manuel claimed credit that was writing during a campaign against the infidel; the later peace with Mas'ud was therefore held against him (:) Odo of Deuil 54