10 Facts About Safad

Safad subsequently reinforced the castle and transferred it to the Templars in the same year.

Safad noted that two Muslims guarded and maintained the cave tomb of a rabbi, Hanina ben Horqano, in Safed.

Safad likely preserved it because of the strategic value stemming from its location on a high mountain and its isolation from other Crusader fortresses.

Safad commissioned numerous building works in the town of Safed, including caravanserais, markets and baths, and converted the town's church into a mosque.

Safad's account reveals the city's dominant features were its citadel, the Red Mosque and its towering position over the surrounding landscape.

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Safad noted Safed lacked "regular urban planning", madrasas, ribats and defensive walls, and that its houses were clustered in disarray and its streets were not distinguishable from its squares.

Safad attributed the city's shortcomings to the dearth of generous patrons.

Safed became the capital of the Safed Sanjak, roughly corresponding with Mamlakat Safad but excluding most of the Jezreel Valley and the area of Atlit, part of the larger province of Damascus Eyalet.

Safad formed close relations with the city's Sunni Muslim ulema, particularly the mufti Ahmad al-Khalidi of the Hanafi fiqh, who became his practical court historian.

Safad noted that Acre and Safed were in particular danger.