Battle of Mansurah (1250)

Battle of Mansurah
Part of the Seventh Crusade

Battle of Mansurah
Date8–11 February 1250
Location
al-Mansurah, Ayyubid Sultanate (Lower Egypt)
Result Ayyubid victory[1][2][3]
Belligerents

Ayyubid Sultanate

Kingdom of France
Commanders and leaders
Strength
6,000+ infantry
4,600 cavalry (including Mamluks)[4]		 Several hundred knights
several thousand infantry
Possibly as high as 15,000 [4]
Casualties and losses
Heavy [5][6] 300 knights, 280 Templars and a larger number of infantry [4][6]

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 and Baibars al-Bunduqdari. It was fought in present-day Mansoura, Egypt. The Crusader force was enticed into entering the town where it was set upon by the Muslim force. The Crusaders withdrew in disorder to their encampment where they were besieged by the Muslims. The Crusaders broke-out and withdrew to Damietta in early April.

  1. ^ Jonathan Riley-Smith (2002). The Oxford History of the Crusades. Oxford University Press. p. 395. ISBN 978-0-19-280312-2.
  2. ^ Alexander Mikaberidze (2011). Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-59884-336-1.
  3. ^ Kenneth Meyer Setton (1985). A History of the Crusades The Impact of the Crusades on the Near East. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-0-299-09144-6.
  4. ^ a b c Marshall,Christopher, Warfare in the Latin East 1192–1291 p. 149
  5. ^ Christopher Marshall, Warfare in the Latin East, 1192–1291, p. 167
  6. ^ a b Périni,Hardy, Batailles françaises 1ère série pp. 20–25