Draft:First battle of ascalon

First Battle of Ascalon is a battle of First Crusade against Fatimid caliphate in 1099, ending in the Fatimids' victory.

Background
With the beginning of the First Crusade and the defeat of the Seljuks in it, the Crusader armies began to move from Anatolia, heading towards the Levant. Al-Afdal Shahenshah believed that the Crusaders would be his allies due to their hostility to the seljuks, but Al-Afdal was mistaken when he thought that. The Crusaders began to control the northern cities one after the other without resistance and killing those in them Children elderly and women، As they did in the siege of Ma'arra, they killed more than 20,000 Muslims

The Battle
After that, Al-Afdal prepared a large army with Saad al-Dawla under his command. Al-Afdal and Saad al-Dawla left Egypt and met the Crusaders in Ascalon. Saad al-Dawla stood in the heart and fought hard, but his horse fell upon him and he was killed. The Muslims stood firm after killing him and al-Afdal defeated the Crusaders’ army to Caesarea. It was said: They killed 30,000 of the Crusaders, and only the commander of their army and Saad al-Dawla were killed among the Muslims. Thus, the battle ended with a victory for the Fatimids.