Noma/arab/athir
Ali ibn al-Athir, al-Kamil fi'l Ta'rikh
The Egyptian fleet was anchored at Tyre but was unable to aid Sidon. The Franks constructed a wooden tower very solidly. They put on it a protective covering against fire and stones and moved it forward for an assault. When the inhabitants of Sidon saw it, their hearts sank and they feared that the same would befall them as had befallen the people of Beirut, so they sent the cadi and a number of the city’s shaykhs to the Franks. They requested terms from the king, who gave a guarantee of their lives and property to them and to the troops amongst them. To whomsoever wished to remain there with them they granted terms but whoever wanted to depart was not stopped. An oath to that effect was given them. The governor left and also a larger number of the notables of the city on 20 Jumādā I [5 December 1110] to go to Damascus. A great number remained in the city under the guarantee. The siege had lasted forty-seven days.
Baldwin left for Jerusalem but then returned to Sidon after a little while and imposed on the Muslims who had reminaed there payment of 20,000 dinars. He impoverished them and swallowed up their wealth.