Battle of Fariskur (1250)

Battle of Fariskur
Part of the Seventh Crusade

Capture of King Luis
Date6 April 1250
Location
Result Ayyubid victory
Belligerents

Ayyubid Sultanate

Commanders and leaders
Turanshah
Baybars
Louis IX of France Surrendered
Guillaume de Sonnac 
Casualties and losses
The death toll did not reach 100. [1] 30,000 killed [1]

The Battle of Fariskur was the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade. The battle was fought on 6 April 1250, between the Crusaders led by King Louis IX of France (later Saint Louis)[2] and Egyptian forces led by Turanshah of the Ayyubid dynasty.

Following the Crusader's defeat at the Battle of Al Mansurah, the Battle of Fariskur resulted in the complete defeat of the crusader army and the capture of Louis IX.

  1. ^ a b Sıbt, Mir'ât, 22:412; Zehebî, 46:51; Stevenson, The Crusaders in the East, 328. 328.
  2. ^ Louis IX was proclaimed a Saint by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297

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