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Battle of Fariskur

Battle of Fariskur was a battle fought on 6 April 1250 at Egypt. It was part of the Seventh Crusade, which ran from 1248 to 1254. The recorded result: Ayyubid victory.

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Louis IX on a ship departing from Aigues-Mortes, for the Seventh Crusade.
Louis IX on a ship departing from Aigues-Mortes, for the Seventh Crusade.. Guillaume de Saint-Pathus, Vie et miracles de Saint Louis, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought6 April 1250
WhereEgypt31.330N, 31.715E
OutcomeAyyubid victory
BelligerentsAyyubid Sultanate; Egyptian FellahinagainstKingdom of France; Knights Templar; Knights Hospitaller
Casualties and lossesUnknownandThousands killed; Many, or most taken captive
Part ofSeventh Crusade1248 to 1254

Where it sits in the Seventh Crusade

Siege of Damietta, 1249Battle of Mansurah, 1250Battle of Fariskur, 125012491250Battle of Fariskur, 1250
3 placed engagements of the Seventh Crusade in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date6 April 1250
PlaceEgypt
31.330N, 31.715E
KindBattle, medieval
StrengthUnknown Mamluks (heavily armed); Unknown infantry (including Sudanese and Arab auxiliaries)~2,200-2,800 heavily armed knights; Unknown infantry, archers and men-at-arms
Casualties and lossesUnknownThousands killed; Many, or most taken captive
Commanders
Battle of FariskurBattle of FariskurSiege of DamiettaBattle of DamiettaSiege of DamiettaSiege of DamiettaBattle of BaltimSiege of DamiettaBattle of BaltimAlexandriaIsmaïliaEl MansuraDamanhûrTantaRashidZagazigShibin el Kom100 km31.330N, 31.715E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Fariskur
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 5 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Fariskur today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-06. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 15 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -7 to 23 m, 30 m of relief, flat country and today it is 53% cropland, 21% wetland, 20% built-up.

cropland: 53%wetland: 21%built-up: 20%water: 4%cropland 53%wetland 21%built-up 20%water 4%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 19 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 20 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1250

Battle of Fariskur is one of 590 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 110 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1148862, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Fariskur (1250), revision 1385730178, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.