The Treaty of Jaffa, negotiated after the battle of Jaffa, is signed between Richard the Lionheart of England and Saladin. It gained safe passage for Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem and ended the Third Crusade; marking an important point in history where a negotiated settlement was achieved between warring factions during the Crusades.
The treaty was facilitated in part, by Richard's need to return to England where his brother, John, used the king's long absence to plot against him, causing instability and division among the nobility facing high taxes.
