Barbary Crusade

Mahdian Crusade
Part of the Crusades

The French army disembarking in Africa, led by the Duke of Bourbon, holding a shield bearing the royal arms of France (15th century miniature)
DateJuly 1 – October 1, 1390
Location
Result Hafsid victory
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
Kingdom of France
Republic of Genoa
Hafsids
Zayyanid Kingdom
Emirate of Béjaïa
Commanders and leaders
Louis II of Bourbon
Giacomo Fregoso
Ahmad II
Abu Tashufin II
Strength
6,000 knights and soldiers
60 ships
40,000 men
Casualties and losses
274 Unknown

The Barbary Crusade, also called the Mahdia Crusade, was a Franco-Genoese military expedition in 1390 that led to the siege of Mahdia, then a stronghold of the Barbary pirates in Hafsidi Ifriqiya (geographically corresponding to modern Tunisia). Froissart's Chronicles is the chief account of what was one of the last crusades.