رسالة الامبراطور البيزنطي يوحنا نزيمسكس الي الملك الارمني اسشود الثالث تجسد بدايات فكرة الحرب الصليبية (363-364ه / 974-975)

The letter of the emperor John Tzimisces to Aschod III, the king of Armenian, stands as one of the most prominent documents embodying the concept of Crusade, this concept has evolved to be implemented through the coalition of the Byzantine- Armenian in their military campaign on Euphrates island and levant in (363- 364 H/ 974- 975 AD), which revealed the plans of Byzantine emperors who had been plotting to rage the war against the Muslims under the crusader's flag, in order to revive the glories of the Byzantine domination and sovereignty over the region, and sharing the proceeds of the muslim population from their land and crops in the charters drawn up between the emperor and the people.