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=====Near East=====
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Raynald of Châtillon]] has at least five ships freighted over the [[Isthmus of Suez]], which he then uses to [[Crusader Red Sea raids|pillage the shores]] of the [[Red Sea]] around [[Jeddah]].
* [[William of Tyre]] is excommunicated by the newly appointed [[Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem|Heraclius of Jerusalem]], firmly ending their struggle for power.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=44g6AAAAIAAJ&q=1183+William+of+Tyre&pg=PA76|title=William of Tyre: Historian of the Latin East|last1=Edbury|first1=Peter W.|last2=Rowe|first2=John Gordon|publisher=Cambridge University Press Archive|year=1991|isbn=9780521407281|location=Cambridge, New York|pages=20–21|language=en|orig-year=1988}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Mallett|first1=A.|last2=Thomas|first2=D.|date=2011|chapter=William Of Tyre|url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004216167/Bej.9789004195158.i-804_129.xml|title=Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History. Volume 3 (1050-1200)|language=en|pages=769–777}}</ref>
* The [[Siege of Kerak]] is waged between the [[Ayyubids]] and the [[Crusaders]], in which [[regent]] [[Guy of Lusignan]] refuses to fight.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1P2_jGOzZNIC&q=1183+Siege+of+Kerak&pg=PR10|title=The Crusaders in the East: A Brief History of the Wars of Islam with the Latins in Syria During the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries|last=Stevenson|first=W. B.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2012|isbn=9781107669093|location=Cambridge, New York|pages=233–234|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ULDUopVCVPoC&q=1183+Siege+of+Kerak&pg=PA363|title=God's War: A New History of the Crusades|last=Tyerman|first=Christopher|author-link = Christopher Tyerman|publisher=Harvard University Press|year=2006|isbn=9780674023871|location=Cambridge, MA|pages=363|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Saladin]] conquers [[Syria]] and becomes [[sultan]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-r9CAAAAYAAJ&q=1183+Saladin+sultan+Syria&pg=PA81|title=Palestine and Syria: Handbook for Travellers|last=Baedeker (Firm)|first=Karl|publisher=K. Baedeker|year=1876|location=London|pages=81|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=umyHqvAErOAC&q=1183+Saladin++Syria&pg=PA438|title=Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set|last=Hamblin|first=William J.|publisher=Routledge|year=2013|isbn=9781135456702|editor-last=Shillington|editor-first=Kevin|volume=I|location=New York, London|pages=438|language=en}}</ref>