سقوط دمياط بيد الفرنج سنة 647هـ

سقوط دمياط بيد الفرنج سنة 647هـ

تقریباً جون 1249 عیسوی · تقریباً ربیع الثانی 647 ھ

In Rabi' I 647 the Franks invested Damietta by land and sea — the garrison panicked and the city fell without a blow; the dying sultan al-Salih Najm al-Din hanged sixty of its notables, his death was concealed while his mamluk Aqtay raced to fetch Turanshah from Hisn Kayfa, and in Dhu l-Qa'da the Franks reached the sultan's vestibule at Mansura, killed Fakhr al-Din, routed the Muslims — then the Muslims rallied and slaughtered them ¹.