Islam Museum Islam Museum islam.museum
Search ⌕ ARENUR
Accessibility
Text size 100%

Saved on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere.

Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat

المركيس صاحب صور

c. 28 April 1192 CE · 13 Rabi' II 588 AH

Conrad of Montferrat, lord of Tyre — 'the greatest of the Frankish devils' in Ibn al-Athir's phrase; killed in Rabi' II 588 by two monk-garbed Assassins of Sinan's who had lived six months among his own circle before striking him at a bishop's banquet and finishing him in the church; the Franks blamed King Richard 1.

Depth

At a glance

Roles
Ruler · military
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
Review
Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it

Life in time

1100112511501175120012251250 c. c. c. c. c. c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

Conrad, Marquis of Tyre, a Frankish prince among the commanders of the Crusades. Ibn al-Athir described him as the greatest of the devils of the Franks, and he was killed on 13 Rabi al-Akhir 588 AH. 2

His killing

Ibn al-Athir relates that two Batinites in the dress of monks, sent by the chief of the Isma'ilis Sinan, killed him. They had attended the lord of Sidon and Ibn Birzan for six months until these trusted them. 2

They wounded him after the invitation of the bishop of Tyre, and then one of them finished killing him in the church where he had taken refuge. 3

Attribution of the killing

Ibn al-Athir mentions that the Franks blamed the killing on the king of England, so that he could be sole king of the coast. 3

Notes

  • The Gregorian date of death (about 28 April 1192 CE) is derived from the Hijri date by calculation.

Connections

Explore the connections

Participated in
The assassination of the Marquis of Tyre (588 AH)

People and things also explored

Sinan, chief of the Syrian Ismailis· The assassination of the Marquis of Tyre (588 AH)

Sources

  1. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 213-214
  2. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.213
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p.214
Cite this page

islam.museum contributors. “Conrad, Marquis of Montferrat”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/conrad-de-montferrat/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

Improve this page on GitHub · Report an error · JSON

Wing

People

Prophets, companions, scholars, rulers, scientists, poets, travelers: women and men who shaped the story. Related

Sinan, chief of the Syrian Ismailis

Sinan, master of the Syrian Assassins in Saladin's day — offered ten thousand dinars for the Marquis of Tyre (or the English king, whom he judged unwise to remove lest Saladin turn free hands on the Ismailis), he planted two monk-disguised fidāʾīs in Conrad's circle for six months until they killed him.