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  • Mansoura, Egypt
    Friday Feb 11, 1250
    Mamluks

    Prior to Turanshah's arrival at the front facing the French

    Mansoura, Egypt
    Friday Feb 11, 1250

    Prior to Turanshah's arrival at the front facing the French, the Bahriyyah, a junior regiment of the Salihiyyah commanded by Baibars al-Buduqdari, defeated the Crusaders at the Battle of al-Mansurah on 11 February 1250.




  • Cairo, Egypt
    Sunday Feb 27, 1250
    Mamluks

    The sultan Turanshah arrived in Egypt

    Cairo, Egypt
    Sunday Feb 27, 1250

    On 27 February, Turanshah, as new sultan, arrived in Egypt from Hasankeyf (Turkish for "rock fortress"), where he had been Emir (Arabic for "Prince") of Hisn Kayfa (Arabic for "rock fortress").




  • Holy Roman Empire
    1250
    Holy Roman Empire

    Interregnum

    Holy Roman Empire
    1250

    Conrad IV's death was followed by the Interregnum, during which no king could achieve universal recognition, allowing the princes to consolidate their holdings and become even more independent rulers.




  • Faraskour, Damietta, Egypt
    Wednesday Apr 6, 1250
    Mamluks

    The Battle of Fariskur

    Faraskour, Damietta, Egypt
    Wednesday Apr 6, 1250

    The Egyptians followed them into the Battle of Fariskur where the Egyptians utterly destroyed the Crusaders on 6 April. King Louis IX and a few of his surviving nobles surrendered and were taken as prisoners, effectively ending the Seventh Crusade.




  • Damietta, Egypt
    Wednesday Apr 6, 1250
    Crusades

    Louis IX of France was captured as he retreated to Damietta

    Damietta, Egypt
    Wednesday Apr 6, 1250

    Louis IX of France was captured as he retreated to Damietta.




  • Faraskour, Damietta, Egypt
    Monday May 2, 1250
    Mamluks

    Attempt Turanshah assassinated at his camp in Fariskur

    Faraskour, Damietta, Egypt
    Monday May 2, 1250

    On 2 May 1250, a group of disgruntled Salihi officers had Turanshah assassinated at his camp in Fariskur.




  • Cairo, Egypt
    Jul, 1250
    Mamluks

    Aybak was the first of the Mamluk sultans

    Cairo, Egypt
    Jul, 1250

    Izz al-Din Aybak was the first of the Mamluk sultans of Egypt in the Turkic Bahri line.


  • Cairo, Egypt
    1250
    Mamluks

    Under Saladin, the power of the Mamluks increased

    Cairo, Egypt
    1250

    Under Saladin and the Ayyubids of Egypt, the power of the Mamluks increased and they claimed the sultanate in 1250. Regimes based on Mamluk power thrived in such Ottoman provinces as the Levant and Egypt until the 19th century.


  • Cairo, Egypt
    1250
    Mamluks

    Many Mamluks were appointed

    Cairo, Egypt
    1250

    Many Mamluks were appointed or promoted to high positions throughout the empire, including army command. At first, their status was non-hereditary. Sons of Mamluks were prevented from following their father's role in life.


  • Cairo, Egypt
    1250
    Mamluks

    The Bahri dynasty or Bahriyya Mamluks

    Cairo, Egypt
    1250

    The Bahri dynasty or Bahriyya Mamluks was a Mamluk dynasty of mostly Cuman-Kipchak Turkic origin that ruled the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate from 1250 to 1382.


  • Cairo, Egypt
    1250
    Mamluks

    Bahriyya Mamluks era

    Cairo, Egypt
    1250

    The Bahri dynasty or Bahriyya Mamluks was a Mamluk dynasty of mostly Cuman-Kipchak Turkic origin that ruled the Egyptian Mamluk Sultanate from 1250 to 1382. They followed the Ayyubid dynasty, and were succeeded by a second Mamluk dynasty, the Burji dynasty.


  • Mansura, Egypt
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1250
    Crusades

    Louis IX of France was defeated at Mansura

    Mansura, Egypt
    Tuesday Nov 8, 1250

    Louis IX of France was defeated at Mansura.


  • Castel Fiorentino, Sicily, Holy Roman Empire
    Tuesday Dec 13, 1250
    Holy Roman Empire

    Frederick II died

    Castel Fiorentino, Sicily, Holy Roman Empire
    Tuesday Dec 13, 1250

    After the death of Frederick II in 1250, the German kingdom was divided between his son Conrad IV (died 1254) and the anti-king, William of Holland (died 1256).


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