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Summary
The army of Egypt and the Egyptian fleet reached Acre to support Saladin against the Franks who were besieging it. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Acre
- Had participant
- al-Malik al-Aziz Imad al-Din Uthman ibn Salah al-Din· Saladin (Salah al-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub)
People and things also explored
the great battle at Acre — the sieges fiercest day· the Ayyubid shuffle — al-Adil to Aleppo, al-Aziz to Egypt· The Franks take Acre and kill the captives· Ending the Ubaydid Khutba and Restoring the Abbasid Khutba in Egypt· al-Adil's seizure of Damascus· The scare over the conjunction of six planets in Libra in 582 AH· al-Aziz Uthman besieges Damascus· The battle of the Ford of Sorrows (Jacob's Ford, 575 AH)
Sources
- al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir , p. 190
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islam.museum contributors. “Egypt army and fleet reach the Acre theater”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/egypt-fleet-acre-587/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.