"Jerusalem was taken from the north The population was put to the sword by the Franks, who pillaged the area for a week In the Masjid al-Aqsa the Franks slaughtered more than 70,000 people, among them a large number of imams
(religious leaders) and scholars The Franks stripped the Dome of the Rock of more than 40 silver candelabra... a great silver
lamp... as well as a hundred and fifty smaller silver candelabra and more than twenty gold ones Refugees went to the
Cathedral Mosque and begged for help, weeping so that their hearers wept with them as they described the sufferings of the
Muslims in the Holy City."
Al-Athir, 1178
Which statement BEST describes this passage?
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A)
it was written by a Muslim observer during the Crusades
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B)
it was written by an English observer during the Crusades
C)
it was written by a Persian observer during the Mongol invasion
D)
it was written by an Egyptian observer during the Mongol invasion