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Siege of Damietta

Syria · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 7th. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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TuranshahMarch 1250

Damietta · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 7th

King Louis IX proposes to the Egyptians the surrender of Damietta in exchange for Jerusalem and some towns on the Syrian coast, the Egyptians, aware of the miserable situation of the crusaders, refuse the besieged King's offer

Turanshah8 May 1250

Damietta · Warfare / Holy Crusades, 7th

Louis IX surrenders to a eunuch named al-Salihi after he was promised he would not be killed and together with his two brothers Charles dAnjou and Alphonse de Poitiers is taken to Al Mansurah where he is imprisoned in the House of Ibrahim

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