WI Siege of Kerak in 1183 escalates to full war and Saladin dies?

In 1183 Raynald de Chatillion organized an expedition around the Red Sea. He captured the town of Aqaba, giving him a base of operations against Islam's holiest city, Mecca. Saladin, the leader of the Muslim forces, could not tolerate this and moved against Raynald's stronghold laying siege while Isabella and Humphrey IV de Toron celebrated their marriage...
Baldwin immediately marched with a relief force, accompanied by his regent, Raymond III of Tripoli. The young King was so crippled by leprosy, an affliction he had battled since childhood, he could barely see or stand. Still, so determined was he to continue fighting his nemesis Saladin, he was carried with the troops on a stretcher. The Christian forces arrived while Saladin was still struggling against the heavy fortifications. Knowing he risked being crushed between the Royal army and the walls of Kerak, he fled.
WI Saladin insisted on fighting Baldwin IV and Raynald while his army became trapped between them annihilated and himself was killed? How is that changing History? Could Kingdom of Jerusalem had survived after that? Any thoughts?
 
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You probably butterfly away Hattin which means no Jerusalem falling (for now) and other battles like Acre.

The Crusader states maybe stay a little while longer but there is simply no way they can hold on long term.
 
You probably butterfly away Hattin which means no Jerusalem falling (for now) and other battles like Acre.

The Crusader states maybe stay a little while longer but there is simply no way they can hold on long term.

Well if the Nobles dont kill each other for the throne after Baldwin's death they could hold for a while yes...
 
Well if the Nobles dont kill each other for the throne after Baldwin's death they could hold for a while yes...

The real question is how long could they hold. If your looking for Crusader state remnants exsisting until the decline of Islam theres simply no way they survive a constant barrage of determined Jihadists Muslims, Ottomans, etc., etc.
 
Actually with Saladin dead the Ayyubid Kingdom might sunk into civil war... If the Kingdom of Jerusalem plays its cards right it might gain some decades more to live and an ally...
 
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You still have the problem of the divided government of the kingdom of Jerusalem. Help from the west could make a difference, but the western powers tended to respond only to disasters, such as the fall of Jerusalem in 1187. If a major crusade had arrived right after the death of Saladin, then perhaps Aleppo and Damascus could have been captured, and the western conquest of the Near East would have been nearly completed.
 
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