Baldwin I of Jerusalem of the troops from Tripoli and Antioch. Toghtekin and Mawdud returned to Damascus where an Assassin murdered Mawdud in late September. The Seljuq sultan, Muhammad I Tapar, sent a large army to northern Syria in spring 1115. In an attempt to maintain the equilibrium in the region, Toghtekin soon sought reconciliation with the crusaders. He made an alliance with the crusader rulers, and their coalition forced the Seljuq troops to withdraw without a fight. With the pressure on the northern regions diminished, Baldwin was able to again deal with the Egyptians. The Egyptians had already approached Jerusalem in 1113, and
King of Jerusalem named Guy as "bailli". Raymond contested this, but when Guy fell out of favour with Baldwin the following year, he was re-appointed "bailli" and was given possession of Beirut. Baldwin came to an agreement with Raymond and the Haute Cour to make Baldwin of Montferrat, Sibylla's son by her first marriage, his heir, before Sibylla and Guy. The child was crowned co-king as Baldwin V in 1183 in a ceremony presided by Raymond. It was agreed that, should the boy die during his minority, the regency would pass to "the most rightful heirs" until his kinsmen – the Kings of