27 February 1250
Battle of Fariskur
Turanshah, the new Sultan, arrives in Egypt from Hasankeyf and goes straight to Al Mansurah to lead the Egyptian army
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Turanshah, the new Sultan, arrives in Egypt from Hasankeyf and goes straight to Al Mansurah to lead the Egyptian army
Turanshah captures Louis IX at the Battle of Fariskur
The Egyptian forces rout Louis IXs Crusade force. 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. Fought between the Crusaders led by Louis IX King of France and Egyptian forces led by Turanshah
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