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commander, 12 engagements

Battles of Baibars

Battles of Baibars

4th Sultan of Egypt from 1260 to 1277, 1228 to 1277

Baibars is recorded as a commander at 12 placed engagements in the atlas between 1250 and 1277: 5 battles and 7 sieges across 5 present-day countries, most in Israel (4), Turkey (4), Egypt (2). Taken in date order, the sites lie 2,682 km apart end to end, 244 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Crusades (6), Seventh Crusade (2), Mongol invasions and conquests (2).

Fall of HaifaFall of CaesareaFall of Beaufort CastleFall of Krak des ChevaliersFall of Montfort CastleSiege of al-BiraBattle of ElbistanBattle of MansurahBattle of FariskurBattle of Ain JalutBattle of MariSiege of AntiochBattle of MansurahBattle of FariskurBattle of Ain JalutBattle of MariSiege of AntiochTel AvivAleppoDamascusBeirutNicosiaİzmirMosulAdanaKonya500 km34.623N, 34.681E
12 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1250: 2 engagements2 in 12501260: 1 engagements1265: 2 engagements2 in 12651266: 1 engagements1268: 2 engagements2 in 12681271: 2 engagements2 in 12711272: 1 engagements1277: 1 engagements12501277
12 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Mansurah, 1250Battle of Fariskur, 1250Battle of Ain Jalut, 1260Fall of Haifa, 1265Fall of Caesarea, 1265Battle of Mari, 1266Fall of Beaufort Castle, 1268Siege of Antioch, 1268Fall of Krak des Chevaliers, 1271Fall of Montfort Castle, 1271Siege of al-Bira, 1272Battle of Elbistan, 127712501277
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
8 February 1250Battle of MansurahMansoura, EgyptAyyubid victory
6 April 1250Battle of FariskurEgypt45 km NEAyyubid victory
3 September 1260Battle of Ain JalutWell of Harod, Israel369 km NEMamluk victory
1265Fall of HaifaHaifa, Israel45 km NWMamluk victory
26 January 1265Fall of CaesareaCaesarea, Israel34 km SMamluk victory
24 August 1266Battle of MariTrapessac, Turkey468 km NMamluk victory
4 April 1268Fall of Beaufort CastleBeaufort Castle, Lebanon365 km SMamluk victory
14 May 1268Siege of AntiochAntioch, Turkey325 km NMamluk victory
3 March 1271Fall of Krak des ChevaliersKrak des Chevaliers, Syria161 km SMamluk victory
8 June 1271Fall of Montfort CastleMontfort Castle, Israel214 km SWMamluk victory
October 1272Siege of al-BiraAl-Bireh, Turkey509 km NEMamluk victory
18 April 1277Battle of ElbistanElbistan, Turkey148 km NWMamluk victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Ahmed yousri elmamlouk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.