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Mayor Ismat of Salt

Mayor Ismat of Salt (29 June 1159-) was a courtier of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Ismat was born on 29 June 1159 to a family of Sunni Muslim Levantines, and he became a courtier of the Kingdom of Jerusalem when they conquered his lands. On 20 July 1195 he was granted the city of Salt in present-day Jordan by his lord Amalric II of Jerusalem after he was made happy by watching dancing bears at the summer fair that year.

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