A shekara ta 1099, sojojin Krista na Yammacin Turai na Crusade na Farko sun kama Urushalima kuma ya kasance a hannunsu har sai da Larabawa Musulmai suka sake kama shi, wanda Saladin ya jagoranci, a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, 1187. Ya kira Yahudawa kuma ya ba su izinin sake komawa cikin birnin. A shekara ta 1219, Mu'azzim Sultan na Damascus ya rushe ganuwar birnin; a 1229, ta hanyar yarjejeniya da Misira, Urushalima ta shiga hannun Frederick II na Jamus. A shekara ta 1239 ya fara sake gina ganuwar, amma Da'ud, Sarkin Kerak ya sake rushe su. A shekara ta 1243, Urushalima ta sake komawa ƙarƙashin ikon Krista, kuma an gyara ganuwar.
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