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The Khwarezmian forces continue south after their …

Years: 1244 - 1244
October

The Khwarezmian forces continue south after their capture of Jerusalem, which has caused great alarm among both the Christian and the Muslim states.

Al-Mansur, the Emir of Homs and an-Nasir Dawud, ruling Kerak, have joined the Templars, the Hospitallers, the Teutonic Knights, the Order of Saint Lazarus and the remaining forces of the Kingdom of Jerusalem to take the field against the Egyptian Sultanate.

The Egyptian army is commanded by a Mamluk officer named Rukn al-Din Baibars.

Battle is joined on the morning October 17, with the Christian knights repeatedly charging the Egyptians and fighting up and down the line.

The Egyptian army holds its ground.

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