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Group: Banū Ghatafan (Arabic tribe)
People: Tutush I
Topic: Fariskur, Battle of
Location: Joniskis Siauliu Lithuania

Fariskur, Battle of

Years: 1250 - 1250

The Battle of Fariskur is the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade.

It is fought on April 6, 1250, between the Crusaders led by King Louis IX of France (later Saint Louis) and Egyptian forces led by Turanshah.

The result is the complete defeat of the crusader army and the capture of Louis IX.

“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”

—Lord Acton, Lectures on Modern History (1906)