Relations between the Venetians and the Saracens were so strong that in 1202 the Doge of Venice took it upon himself to dissuade the leaders of the Fourth Crusade from attacking the Muslim empire.

• 威尼斯人和萨拉森人的关系好到这种地步，1202年，威尼斯执政官斗胆劝阻第四次十字军东征的领袖们不要去攻打穆斯林帝国。