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Crusader Evacuation of Tyre

Type Event Region Levant Time 1291

After news of Acre's fall reached Tyre in May 1291, the last coastal Crusader strongholds in the Levant could not hold alone;…

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  1. 1291Tyre · LevantNews of Acre's fall arrived in Tyre by sea; the garrison realized it could no longer hold out long without rear support, and debate over evacuation began.
  2. 1291Port of Tyre · LevantCrusader garrison, brothers of the military orders, and some citizens evacuated Tyre aboard Venetian and other ships for Cyprus; Tyre Castle was abandoned and no longer served as a Crusader stronghold.

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