OiBAiui D the gates of heaven ; the angels rejoice, and the eyes of the KlDullFllBT. , .. .. . „ A. ». 11G7. prophets glisten with joy * Ornati informs us that the marble altar and chapel which had been erected over the sacred rock in the Temple of the Lord, or mosque of Omar, was removed by Saladin, together with the stalls for the prieste, the marble statues, and all the abominations which had been placed in the venerated building by the Christians. The Mussulmen discovered with horror that some pieces of the holy stone or rock had been cut off by the Franks, and sent to Europe. Saladin caused it to be immediately surrounded by a grate of iron. He washed it with rose-water and Malek-Afdal covered it with magnificent carpets.-}- After the conquest of the holy city, and the loss of the Temple at Jerusalem, the Knights Templars established the chief house of their order at Antioch, to which place they retired with Queen Sibylla, the barons of the kingdom, and the patriarch Heraclius.J The following account of the condition of the few remaining christian possessions immediately after the conquest of Jerusalem, was conveyed by the before-mentioned Brother Terric, Grand Preceptor of the Temple, and Treasurer General of the order, to Henry the Second, king of England. " The brothers of the hospital of Belvoir as yet bravely resist the Saracens ; they have captured two convoys, and have valiantly possessed themselves of the munitions of war and provisions which were being conveyed by the Saracens from the fortress of La Feue. As yet, also, Carach, in the neighbourbourhood of Mount Royal, Mount Royal itself, the Temple of * Khetleh, or sermon of Mohammed Ben Zeka^-Michand, Extraits Arabes* t See the account of this remarkable stone, ante p. 7, 8. Î Mil. //icroW^ Gusla Dei per Francos, torn. i. pt. ii. p. 1155.