At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
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In time
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Taking the Fort of the Kurds and the Fort of Akkar
In Sha'ban 669 AH, Sultan al-Malik al-Zahir Baybars took by the sword the Fort of the Kurds (Hisn al-Akrad), the greatest and strongest of the castles of the Frankish Hospitallers (al-Husbaniyyin). He then besieged the fortress of Acre (Akka) and took it on terms of safe-conduct 1.
The lord of Tripoli submitted to him and offered what he asked, and he made a truce with him for ten years 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- al-Zahir Rukn al-Din Baybars
People and things also explored
The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars· Baybars takes Jaffa, Beaufort and Antioch, 666· Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663· Baybars raids Cilicia, 673· Death of al-Zahir Baybars, 676· 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. 572
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islam.museum contributors. “Baybars takes Hisn al-Akrad and Akkar, 669”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/baybars-hisn-akrad-669/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.