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Khwarezmian sack of Jerusalem

سقوط القدس بيد الخوارزمية (١٢٤٤)

1244 CE · 642 AH† – 1244 CE · 642 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Draft card for the fall of Jerusalem in 1244, when the Khwarezmians allied to the Ayyubids retook the city from the Franks; its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Sources

  • al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir
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