After the battle, several hundred Christian captives were bound together by their necks and marched through the blistering heat of the day, tortured by the sight of a water barrel from which they were not allowed to drink. Some were beaten. Some were flayed. Some were stoned to death. Others were beheaded.8 Fulcher of Chartres estimated that, in all, seven thousand Christians were killed, taking with them just twenty of Il-ghazi’s men.
