Mamluk Pressure on Crusader Coastal Remnants (1303)

Name: Mamluk Pressure on Crusader Coastal Remnants (1303)
Start: 1302
End: 1303

Type Event Region Levant Time 1302–1303

After the fall of Acre in 1291 the Crusaders had largely lost their mainland strongholds, but the Kingdom of Cyprus, the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia,…

Timeline

1302–1303Levantine coast · Syrian coastAfter the Mamluks captured Ruad Island in 1302, the Knights Templar lost their last forward outpost in the Levant; in 1303 the sultanate continued patrolling the Syrian coast, preventing Cypriot Latin forces from rebuilding a landing bridgehead.
1303Cilicia · CiliciaThe Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia allied with the Ilkhanate to harass the Mamluks' northern front; Mamluk emirs were ordered to raid Sis and other places and strike Christian powers supporting the Mongols, undermining the basis for Crusader-Mongol cooperation.

Sources

The Crusader States — Malcolm Barber (2012)
Latin Cyprus and its Relations with the Mamluk Sultanate, 1250-1517 — Nicholas Coureas (2017)