Al-Adil takes Jaffa and the Franks take Beirut (593 AH)

In Shawwal 593 AH al-Malik al-Adil took Jaffa from the Franks. The Franks then took Beirut after it had been ruined. ¹

At Beirut there was an iqta' holder known as Usama, who sent galleys that cut the Franks' sea route. They complained to al-Adil and al-Aziz, but neither stopped him. The Franks gathered many troops for themselves, most of them from the army of the King of the Germans. ¹

al-Adil gathered the troops at 'Ayn Jalut, and they marched to Jaffa. They took the city and ruined it, and they besieged its citadel and took it by force on the same day. Everything in it was taken as booty, and people were taken captive. ¹

The Franks came from Acre to Caesarea to block them, but they held back, because their king, al-Kandhari, had fallen from a high place in Acre and died, and their affairs were in disorder. ¹

When news of the taking of Jaffa reached them, the Franks turned back. al-Adil marched to Beirut, and they demolished its wall and began to destroy its houses and citadel. Usama stopped them and undertook to guard it. ¹

The Franks marched to Sidon and took Beirut from the Muslims, since it had been ruined, and they besieged Tibnin and then withdrew from it. ¹

The Gregorian date is derived, and it needs an additional source.