[3] Bohemond III who was angered by that decision, besieged Cursat until King Baldwin IV of Jerusalem intervened.

[4] In 1188, Aimery prevented the troops of the Ayyubid sultan Saladin from attacking Cursat by paying him a sum of money from his treasury.

[5] Later on, Pope Innocent IV had ordered that the entire church tax revenue from Antioch and Cyprus should be used for the repair and expansion of Cursat for three years, which enhanced its defenses by 1256.

The castellan of the castle in the name of the patriarch was a knight named Sir William, who endeavored to maintain friendly contact with the neighboring Muslim emirs, especially with the emirs of Soghr and Bagras.

Baibars refrained from attacking the castle on the condition that William shared his income with his Muslim neighbors.