Battle of Fariskur

Overview

The Battle of Fariskur was the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade. The battle was fought on 6 April 1250, between the Crusaders led by King Louis IX of France and Egyptian forces led by Turanshah of the Ayyubid dynasty.

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Significance

The Battle of Fariskur was fought on 6 April 1250 during the Seventh Crusade, pitting French forces under Louis IX, Guillaume de Sonnac, and Jean de Joinville against Ayyubid forces under Al-Muazzam Turanshah and Baybars. The French force engaged numbered between 2,200 and 2,800. The battle falls within the broader Egyptian campaign of the Seventh Crusade, in which the French advance into the Nile Delta ultimately ended in catastrophic failure for the crusading force. Fariskur stands as one of the engagements in that disastrous phase of operations, though the recorded outcome and casualty figures are not preserved in the available sources.

Forces & casualties

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