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Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al Mansurah.
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Seventh Crusade
Religious crusade in Egypt, 1248 to 1254
The Seventh Crusade (1248–1254) was the first of the two Crusades led by Louis IX of France. Also known as the Crusade of Louis IX to the Holy Land, it aimed to reclaim the Holy Land by attacking Egypt, the main seat of Muslim power in the Near East. The Crusade was conducted in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ayyubid dynasty
Sultanate in Egypt and Levant from 1174 to 1341
The Ayyubid dynasty, also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate of Egypt. A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish origin, Saladin had originally served the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Mansurah (1250)
Part of the Seventh Crusade
The Battle of Mansurah was fought from 8 to 11 February 1250, between Crusaders led by Louis IX, King of France, and Ayyubid forces led by Sultana Shajar al-Durr, vizier Fakhr ad-Din ibn as-Shaikh, Faris ad-Din Aktai, Baibars al-Bunduqdari and Qutuz. It was fought in present-day…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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