What was life like for former Knights/Soldiers sold into slavery after the Battle of Hattin?

by dexterbb

Idly read the wiki of The Battle of Hattin today (after rewatching the Kingdom of Heaven lol). It said there about 200 knights and more soldiers were sold into slavery after the battle (if they weren’t executed that is).

What was their life like after being turned into slaves? Did they stay slaves for very long? Where were they used?

And I imagine these people, trained in combat and were noblemen, caused all sorts of problems for their employers. They didn’t just turn into meek, timid servants did they? I see this defeated army converted to slaves thing both in film and stories but those never follow up to what their lives turned into.

WelfOnTheShelf

I answered a similar question a couple of years ago:

After the defeat of the kingdom of Jerusalem at the battle of Hattin, as far as we know, the crusaders, knights among them, who surrendered were taken prisoner and later sold as slaves. Is there any hint to what happened to said knights afterwards?

In short, there were charity organizations dedicated to ransoming prisoners and slaves, and prisoner exchanges, and of course pretty much any slave during the crusades (Christian or Muslim) would be constantly trying to escape. Slavery probably wasn't a lifelong condition.