Crusader forces

Target entity: Crusader forces
Context triple: [Siege of Jerusalem (1099), belligerent, Crusader forces]

• A. Mamluk forces
  Mamluk forces were the military units of the Mamluk Sultanate, composed largely of slave-soldier elites who defended and ruled parts of Egypt and the Levant and famously resisted powers such as the Mongols and European crusaders.
• B. Ayyubid forces
  Ayyubid forces were the Muslim armies led by Saladin that expanded his dynasty’s control across the Levant and Egypt during the late 12th century.
• C. Almoravid forces
  Almoravid forces were the military troops of the Almoravid dynasty, a Berber Islamic empire that expanded across North Africa and into the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th and 12th centuries.
• D. Abbasid forces
  Abbasid forces were the military supporters of the Abbasid family whose victory over the Umayyads enabled the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-8th century.
• E. Ghurid army
  The Ghurid army was the military force of the Ghurid dynasty, a medieval Islamic power from the region of Ghor in present-day Afghanistan that expanded into large parts of the Indian subcontinent.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Crusader forces
Target entity description: Crusader forces were the Christian military contingents from Western Europe that launched and fought in the First Crusade, culminating in the capture of Jerusalem in 1099.

• A. Mamluk forces
  Mamluk forces were the military units of the Mamluk Sultanate, composed largely of slave-soldier elites who defended and ruled parts of Egypt and the Levant and famously resisted powers such as the Mongols and European crusaders.
• B. Ayyubid forces
  Ayyubid forces were the Muslim armies led by Saladin that expanded his dynasty’s control across the Levant and Egypt during the late 12th century.
• C. Almoravid forces
  Almoravid forces were the military troops of the Almoravid dynasty, a Berber Islamic empire that expanded across North Africa and into the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th and 12th centuries.
• D. Abbasid forces
  Abbasid forces were the military supporters of the Abbasid family whose victory over the Umayyads enabled the establishment of the Abbasid Caliphate in the mid-8th century.
• E. Ghurid army
  The Ghurid army was the military force of the Ghurid dynasty, a medieval Islamic power from the region of Ghor in present-day Afghanistan that expanded into large parts of the Indian subcontinent.
• F. None of above. chosen