History of the Crusades

the Crusades Episode 96, King Louis's Crusade Roman numeral 6.

Hello again.

Last week we saw King Louis's crusade fail spectacularly with most of the Latin Christian

army including King Louis himself being taken into captivity by the Muslims.

As we saw at the end of last week's episode, a peace treaty involving the exchange of the Latin Christian prisoners for

Damietta and a vast sum of money was negotiated between the new Egyptian

Sultan Taransha and the Crusaders. However, before the terms of the treaty could be carried out,

Taranjar was murdered. This event will have a massive impact on both the history of the Middle East

and the presence of the Latin Christians in the Holy Land, so we need to take a closer look at it.

When Turanshaw arrived in Egypt in 1250 to take over the reins of power,

the country was in a pretty good way, all things considering.

This was due mostly to the actions of the sultana, Shejah, Aldour, who had concealed the death of her husband, Ausali Aub, for as long as possible,

and who had continued to rule Egypt by Sutifuge and Gyle with the assistance of the elderly diplomat

for Kiral Din, who became commander of the Egyptian army.

With the support of the Mamluks she was able to place Egypt into a holding

pattern pending the arrival from Mesopotamia of her late husband's son and heir to Ransha. The Mamluks were also primarily

responsible for holding back, then repelling the invasion of the Franks.

The soldier slave Mamluks had been held in high regard by the late Sultan Ayub.

He had used them effectively and they had enjoyed a raft of privileges and benefits.

For Kyar-Al-Din had died during the Latin Christian attack on the army camp outside Mansura.

But both Shayjar and the Mamluks were present when the new Sultan Taransha arrived to assume control of Egypt.

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