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Qalawun Takes Tripoli by the Sword

أخذ قلاوون طرابلس بالسيف

c. April 1289 CE · Rabi' II 688 AH

Tripoli (al-Sham)

In 688 the sultan took Tripoli by the sword — Frankish-held since 503, first conquered in Mu'awiya's days. 'Tripolis' in the Roman tongue means three forts joined 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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In time

128012901300 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Overview

Al-Suyuti says that the sultan Qalawun took Tripoli by the sword in 688 AH; it had been in the hands of the Franks since 503 AH, and its first conquest was in the time of Mu'awiya. 2

The report

He relates that Taj al-Din ibn al-Athir composed a letter bearing the good news to the lord of Yemen. Some said that the meaning of "Tripoli" in the Roman tongue is three fortresses gathered together. 2

A second source is needed for the date.

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Had participant
السلطان المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون
Occurred at
Tripoli (al-Sham)

People and things also explored

Abaga ibn Hulagu· al-Malik al-Ashraf Salah al-Din Khalil ibn Qalawun· al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun· السلطان المنصور سيف الدين قلاوون· Tripoli (al-Sham)

Sources

  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 729-730
  2. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.729-730
  • Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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