At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
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Summary
In Jumada I 666 AH al-Zahir Baybars took Jaffa by the sword, took its citadel by surrender terms, and then demolished it. He besieged al-Shaqif for ten days and took it on terms. He then raided the districts of Tripoli, cut down its trees and diverted its rivers, and camped below the fortress of the Kurds, whose people submitted to him. He then moved on to Hama and then Famiya, and advanced on Antioch, taking it in four days. Those killed there were more than forty thousand 2.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
- Occurred at
- Shaqif Arnun (Beaufort)
People and things also explored
The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars· Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663· Baybars raids Cilicia, 673· Death of al-Zahir Baybars, 676· Baybars takes Hisn al-Akrad and Akkar, 669· Baybars takes Safed, 664· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· The Euphrates crossing to relieve al-Bira, 671
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 560
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.560
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islam.museum contributors. “Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/baybars-antioch-666/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-18.