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beyng the 12. Turke after Ottomannus, may (by the grace of Christ) be the last, whom we heard credably to be reported at the printing hereof, to be dead. But howsoeuer this prophecy is to be taken, it appeareth by their owne oracles, that at length they shall be ouercome by the Christians.
CloseThe following table, which lists events in Near Eastern history from the death of Muhammed in AD 632 until the fall of Acre, the last Crusader stronghold in the Holy Land, in 1291. This table is Foxe's own composition. When it is dealing with history of the Crusades and the Crusader kingdoms it is fairly reliable, but otherwise it can be very inaccurate; in fact, some of the events and people it describes are fictitious.
[Back to Top]| MarginaliaThe Saracēes begynne their reigne. AN. 632. Began the kingdome of the Sa- racens or Arabians, after the death of Mahumet the first ringleader of þt mischief which Saracens reignyng in Babilon o- uer Persia and Asia, continued about. | 198. yeares. |
| An. 667.
Close Jerusalem actually fell to the Moslems in AD 638; the conquest of Persia was complete in 636. racens. These Saracēs after they had sub- dued Ormisda K of Persia, set vp to them selues a new kingdom, callyng their chiefe prince Calipha, which signifieth a generall Lord: and vnder him Seriphes, that is, an vnder prince: And agayne vnder him their Soldane, which is a ruler or captain: vn- der the which Soldanes, all their prouinces were deuided. And thus ruled they þe space abouesayd of. | 198. yeares. |
| MarginaliaThe Egyptian Saracēs or Sultans. An.703.
Close The conquest of Egypt occurred in AD 641. Cairo did not become the capital until AD 972. subiection vnder the Romaines, called for help of þe Saracen, Calipha: & so castyng of þe Romains, submitted thēselues to þe law of þe Saracēs, & had also their Calipha & their Babilō called Cairus, where their Cali- pha continued vnto Saraco or Syracinus. | 447. yeares.
CloseIf one includes the Fatimid caliphs, than these caliphs ruled Egypt for 530 years from AD 641 until AD 1171.. |
| An.810.
Close The following sequence of events is fictitious. chiefe Sultan of Persia, beyng at variance with Imbrael þe Sultane of Babilon, sent for the aid of the turkes, out of Scythia: by whō, when he had got the victory agaynst the Babilonians, the sayd Turkes shortly after, conquered the Persians and subdued theyr countrey within the space of | 20. yeares. |
| MarginaliaThe Saracens kingdome ceaseth. An. 830.
Close The following sequence of events is fictitious. of Asia by the turkes, wandered about A- phrike, Spayne, and Italy, and were in dy- uers places dipersed, and so remayne. | |
| MarginaliaThe Turkes kingdome beginneth. An. 830.
Close Various Turkish kingdoms (notably the Uighars and the Ghazanavids) were established in the seventh to the tenth centuries, but this is probably a reference to the domination of the Seljuk Turks which began in the late tenth century. sed the Saracens out of Asia, beganne to reigne in Asia, in Persia, and in Arabia, & there reigned without interruption, till the comming of the Tartarians, the space of | 192. yeares. |
| An. 1009.
Close The Seljuk Turks conquered Jerusalem in 1075. Hierusalem from the Saracēs: which city the Sultan of Egipte wan agayn from the Turkes shortly after, and possessed þe same till the comming of Gotfridus. | |
| An. 1051.
Close This entry is fictitious. In fact, the Seljuk Turks and the Fatimid caliphs of Egypt were bitter rivals. called Zaduke, to reigne in Asia, and ioyned league with Calipha of Egipt, and there reigned till the conquest of Gotfridus & the Christians, the space of | 46. yeares. |
| An. 1078.
Close Süleyman ibn Kutalmish was the Seljuk ruler of the sultanate of Rûm in Anatolia from 1077-1086. He was a kinsman (but not the nephew) of Alp Arslan, the second Seljuk sultan. lē the turkish king in Asia, otherwise called Turquinia, subdued Cappadocia, which hath continued now since, the space of | 500. yeares. |
| An 1099. Gotfridus Bulion Duke of Lo- tharing a christen prince, takyng his voiage into Asia, with 700000. christen souldiours first got the city of Nicea against the Sul- tan of the Turkes: then Lycaonia, Cili- cia, Syria, afterward Mesopotamia, and Comagena, then Antiochia. an. 1098. and the next yeare recouered Hierusalem, being then in the handes of the Saracens, which they a little before had wonne from the Turkes, as is aforesayd. After this Got- fridus succeded viij. christian kings, which kept the kyngdome of Hierusalem and A- sia both from the Turkes and Saracens, the space of | 88. yeares. |
| An. 1100.
Close After the death of Süleyman ibn Kutalmish in 1086, the Armenians overran the sultanate of Rûm. ople of Armenia the greater, vanquished the Turkes out of the kyngdome of Persia, af ter they had cut their king in peces. Wher- by þe Turkes flying to Cappadocia, there remayned vnder Solyman, and ioyned thē selues to the Suldan of Egypte, and waxed thē strong in Asia minor, called now Tur- quinia. | |
| An. 1170. When Almericus the vij. kyng of Hierusalem after Gotfridus, had ouer- come the Calipha or Sultane of Egypt, þe Sultane beyng ouercome called for þe helpe of Saracon the Sultan of Syria. This Saracon after
CloseSalah al-Din (or Saladin) was the nephew of Shirkuh, a commander of Nur ad-Din, the ruler of Syria. In 1171, Shirkuh and Salah al-Din overthrew the last Fatimid caliph of Egypt. out of Egipt, turned his power against the Sultan of Egipt, and vanquishyng him tooke to him selfe the kyngdome of Egypt: Whiche kyngdome he with hys posteritie did holde till the commyng of the Tartari- ans & the Mamaluches about the space of. | 88. yeares. |
| An. 1187. Saladinus the nephew of Sa- racon the Sultan of Egypt, perceauing the dissension among the Christian states of Palestina, got Antioche, where he slue Raymundus the Prince with hys owne handes
CloseShirkuh had slain Raymond of Poiters, prince of Antioch, in 1149. went to Accō, where he tooke Guido king of Hierusalem & Maister of the Templa- res, prisoners: for whose raunsome, the Turke had Ascalon yelded vp to hym of þe Christians. That done, hee subdued Hie- rusalem, whiche had bene inthe handes of the Christians before, the space of. | 88. yeares. |
| An. 1189.
Close The events described in this entry took place in 1189-92.. kyng, Rich. K/ of England made their vi- age into Asia, where Friderike washyng in a ryuer at Cilicia, dyed. In this viage at the siege of Accon, Saladinus wanne the field of our men, of whome 2000. were slayne in the chase. Accon at lēgth was got of the Christians. K. Richard gotte Cy- prus. The ij. kynges fell at strife. Philip retyred home without any good doing, king Richard layd siege to Hierusalem, but in vayne, and so returning homewarde was taken nere to Vienna in Austria, after hee had taken truce before with the Soldan, vpon such condition as pleased him. And thys good spede had the Popes, sendyng out agaynst the Turkes. | |
| MarginaliaTransubstantiation. An. 1215. There was an other Councell holden at Rome, by pope Innocēt 3. where was enacted a new article of our fayth for transubstantiation of bread and wyne, to be turned into the body and bloud of our saui- our. In this Councell also great excitation was made by the pope, & great preparation was throughe all Christendome, to set for- ward for recouery of the holy land. A migh- ty armye was collected of dukes, lordes, knightes, byshops and prelates, þt if Gods blessing had gone with them, they might haue gone through ont al Asia and India. | |
| An. 1219. The Christians after 18. mo- nethes siege, gotte a certaine towne in E- gypt called Damiata or Elipolis, wyth much a do, but not much to þe purpose. For afterward as the christian army of þe popes sending, went aboute to besiege the Citie Cairus or Babilon, the Sultane through hys subtile trayne so intrapped and inclosed them within the daunger of Nilus, that they were constreyned to render agayne the City Damiata, with their prisoners, and all the furniture thereof as they found it, into the Souldaues hand, and glad so with their lyues to passe forward to Ty- rus. an. 1221. | |
| In the meane tyme the Egyptiā Turke caused the citye of Hierusalem to bee rased that it should serue to no vse to the christi- |