Timeline Explorer · Tripoli in the Levant · Stop 1 of 4
c. 1055 CE · c. 447 AH approximate debated before the Hijra
Al-Khatib entered Tripoli on his way back from the hajj, about 446–447, and held a disputation in the art of preaching with the qadi al-Husayn ibn Bishr, holder of Tripoli's Dar al-'Ilm; al-Karajaki (d. 449) recorded it in his rihla, from whom Ibn Abi Tayy transmitted it, then…
Al-Khatib's preaching disputation at Tripoli, c. 447/1055 — c. 1055 CE · c. 447 AH
Al-Khatib entered Tripoli on his way back from the hajj, about 446–447, and held a disputation in the art of preaching with the qadi al-Husayn ibn Bishr, holder of Tripoli's Dar al-'Ilm; al-Karajaki (d. 449) recorded it in his rihla, from whom Ibn Abi Tayy transmitted it, then Ibn Hajar in Lisan al-Mizan .
Baybars takes Jaffa and Antioch, 666 AH — 1268 CE · 666 AH
In Jumada I 666 al-Zahir Baybars took Jaffa by the sword and its citadel by safe-conduct and razed it, took al-Shaqif after a ten-day siege by safe-conduct, raided the lands of Tripoli, camped beneath the fortress of the Kurds until they submitted, then marched on Antioch and took it in four days .
Baybars takes Krak des Chevaliers and Akkar, 669 AH — 1271 CE · 669 AH
In Sha'ban 669 al-Zahir Baybars took the fortress of the Kurds by the sword — the greatest and strongest of the Hospitaller castles — then besieged the fortress of Akkar and took it by safe-conduct, and the ruler of Tripoli made a ten-year truce with him .
Ibn Habib at Tripoli in 758/1357 — 1357 CE · 758 AH
His Durar al-Kamina entry places him at Tripoli in 758 in the course of his audition tours among the shaykhs . He had heard from Ibrahim ibn Muslim, from his father 'Umar and from al-Fakhr ibn Khatib Birin, and heard at al-Hilla, Egypt and Alexandria; he travelled to Egypt and the Hijaz, moved about Syria and settled at Aleppo .
