Control of Egypt was a decades-old dream of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, and king Amalric I of Jerusalem needed all the military and financial support he could get for his policy of military intervention in Egypt.
Kontrol over Ægypten var en årtier gammel drøm for korsfarernes kongerige Jerusalem, og kong Amalric 1. af Jerusalem havde brug for al den militære og økonomiske støtte han kunne få for at gennemføre sin politik om militær intervention i Ægypten.