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236, &c.;) and it was only the _Bahartie_ Mamalukes that were first introduced into Egypt by his descendants.] [Footnote 43: Jacobus a Vitriaco (p.
1116) gives the king of Jerusalem no more than 374 knights.
Both the Franks and the Moslems report the superior numbers of the enemy; a difference which may be solved by counting or omitting the unwarlike Egyptians.] [Footnote 44: It was the Alexandria of the Arabs, a middle term in extent and riches between the period of the Greeks and Romans, and that of the Turks, (Savary, Lettres sur l'Egypte, tom.i.p.25, 26.)] [Footnote 441: The treaty stipulated that both the Christians and the Arabs should withdraw from Egypt.
Wilken, vol.iii.part ii.
p. 113 .-- M.] [Footnote 442: The Knights Templars, abhorring the perfidious breach of treaty partly, perhaps, out of jealousy of the Hospitallers, refused to join in this enterprise.Will.Tyre c.xx.p.5.Wilken, vol.iii.
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