At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Sides
Fording the Euphrates and relieving al-Bira
In 671 AH the Tatars reached the bank of the Euphrates and camped before the fortress of al-Bira 1.
The sultan was in Damascus. He hurried his march and ordered the amirs to ford the Euphrates. Sayf al-Din Qalawun and Baysari crossed first with the sultan, and the army followed them 1.
They fell upon the Tatars, killed a great number of them, and took two hundred prisoners, praise be to God 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
People and things also explored
The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars· Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666· Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663· Baybars raids Cilicia, 673· Death of al-Zahir Baybars, 676· Baybars takes Hisn al-Akrad and Akkar, 669· Baybars takes Safed, 664· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 581
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islam.museum contributors. “The Euphrates crossing to relieve al-Bira, 671”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bira-relief-671/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.