Fall of Krak des Chevaliers

سقوط قلعة الحصن

1271 CE · 669 AH† – 1271 CE · 669 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)

Draft card for the Fall of Krak des Chevaliers in 1271, Baybars' capture of the great Hospitaller fortress by stratagem; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)

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Had participant
al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
Occurred at
Krak des Chevaliers (Hisn al-Akrad)

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

  • Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars

In 658 the Tatars crossed the Euphrates, put Aleppo to the sword and reached Damascus; the Egyptians marched that Sha'ban, al-Muzaffar leading with Rukn al-Din Baybars al-Bunduqdari his shalish — they met the Tatars at Ayn Jalut on Friday 15 Ramadan and routed them utterly, the first great breaking of their tide. The rejoicing flew to Damascus; Baybars drove them beyond Aleppo — promised the city, then refused it — the germ of their falling-out.