Louis has pushed on toward Cairo, but …
Years: 1249 - 1249
November
Louis has pushed on toward Cairo, but the rain-swollen waters of the Nile and its canals had stopped him for several months.
As-Salih Ayyub had been carried on a stretcher to his palace in the better protected town soon to be known as al-Mansurah (”the Victory”, which had originated in 1219 as the camp of Saladin's nephew, al-Adil I of the Ayyubid dynasty.
As-Salih dies on November 22, 1249, after having his leg amputated in an attempt to save his life from a serious abscess affliction.
Shajar al-Durr informs Emir Fakhr ad-Din Yussuf Ben Shaykh (commander of all the Egyptian army) and Tawashi Jamal ad-Din Muhsin (the chief eunuch who controls the palace) of the Sultan's death, but as the country is under the attack, they decide to conceal his death.
The body of the Sultan is transported by boat in secret to the castle of al-Rudah island in the Nile.
Although As-Salih Ayyubn had left no testament concerning who should succeed him after his death, Faris ad-Din Aktai is sent to Hasankeyf in Anatolia to recall al-Muazzam Turanshah, the son of the deceased Sultan.
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People
- Alphonse
- Charles I of Naples
- Faris ad-Din Aktai
- Guillaume de Sonnac
- Henry I of Cyprus
- Jean de Joinville
- Louis IX of France
- Margaret of Provence
- Renaud de Vichiers
- Robert I, Count of Artois
- Shajar al-Durr
- Turanshah
- as-Salih Ayyub
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- Jews
- Muslims, Sunni
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
- Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
- Sicily, Hohenstaufen Kingdom of
- Khwarezmians
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Years: 1249 - 1249
November
Locations
People
- Alphonse
- Charles I of Naples
- Faris ad-Din Aktai
- Guillaume de Sonnac
- Henry I of Cyprus
- Jean de Joinville
- Louis IX of France
- Margaret of Provence
- Renaud de Vichiers
- Robert I, Count of Artois
- Shajar al-Durr
- Turanshah
- as-Salih Ayyub
Groups
- Jews
- Muslims, Sunni
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- France, (Capetian) Kingdom of
- Genoa, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Jerusalem, Latin Kingdom of
- Palestine, Frankish (Outremer)
- Templar, Knights (Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon)
- Damascus, Ayyubid Dynasty of
- Egypt, Ayyubid Sultanate of
- Cyprus, Kingdom of
- Sicily, Hohenstaufen Kingdom of
- Khwarezmians
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions