 Property in the County of Tripoli , granted to the Knights Templar in the 1140s , included the Castle of the Kurds , the towns of Rafanea and Montferrand , and the Buqai 'ah plain separating Homs and Tripoli . Homs was never under Crusader control , so the region around the Castle of the Kurds was vulnerable to expeditions from the city . While its proximity caused the Knights problems with regard to defending their territory , it also meant Homs was close enough for them to raid . Because of the castle 's command of the plain , it became the Knights ' most important base in the area . 
 Property in the County of Tripoli , granted to the Knights Templar in the 1140s , included the Castle of the Kurds , the towns of Rafanea and Montferrand , and the Buqai 'ah plain separating Homs and Tripoli . Homs <a href='negative_concord' title='1'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='2'><mark>never</mark></a> under Crusader <a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>control</mark></a> , so the region around the Castle of the Kurds was vulnerable to expeditions from the city . While its proximity caused the Knights problems with regard to defending their territory , it also meant Homs was close enough for them to raid . Because of the castle <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>command of the plain , it became the Knights <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'</mark></a>most important base in the area . 
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