兵荒馬亂,一個目擊者又怎知道死了多少人?因此他說不出來是應該的。
據 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cru2.htm 所述,"The Muslims claimed afterwards that 70,000 people were killed and that the Crusaders took whatever treasure they could from the Dome of the Rock." 是被殺的一方受害後統計出來作出報告的。