But when Balian
arrived in Jerusalem, all
the people there said,
‘You must stay here and
be our commander. How
can we fight the Muslims
without someone to tell
us what to do?’
‘I can’t! I gave my word
to Saladin that I wouldn’t
fight against him. I can’t
break my promise,’ Balian replied.
The men of the church said that it wasn’t wrong to break a
promise to a Muslim, but Balian was a man of honour. He wrote
to Saladin and said: