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Fall of Crusader Tripoli

Type Event Region Lebanon Time 1289

After the Mamluks breached Tripoli in April 1289, Crusader remnants lost the city and the county's core lands around 1290, ending one of the last Cru…

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  1. 1289Tripoli · LebanonMamluk sappers detonated mines that collapsed the walls, and the army stormed Tripoli; defenders and many citizens were killed or captured, the city was systematically destroyed, and the Crusader basis of rule there collapsed.
  2. 1290Northern Lebanon · LebanonAround 1290 the Mamluks continued eliminating the surviving castles and exiled nobles of the County of Tripoli; the county survived in name only, leaving the Crusaders in the eastern Mediterranean with only a few points such as Acre.

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