Cilicia Campaign of Baybars

The Cilician Campaign of Baybars was a campaign of Baybars in 1276 against the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. As a result of the campaign, the Armenian cities were looted and sacked.

Cilicia Campaign of Baybars (1276)
Part of Mamluk-Armenian War
Date 1276 Location Levant Result Mamluk victory
Belligerents
Mamluk Sultanate	Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia Ilkhanate of the Mongol Empire
Commanders and leaders
Sultan Baybars Sunqur al-Ashqar Hüsamettin Ayntabi	Leo II, King of Armenia Sempad the Constable and unknown Mongol general
Strength
10.000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Minimal	60,000

Background

Before this campaign, he had also two other campaigns against Armenian kingdom of Cilicia in 1274 which he looted and sacked some cities, the campaign in 1274 was a minor campaign, he than led another campaign in 1275 With his army he left Cairo and than besieged Alexandria, Lattakia, then he raided the full Armenian kingdom of Cilicia.

Campaign

When the losses of the Armenians increased, sultan Baybars decided to go on a campaign, then he ordered Hüsameddin Ayntabi to birecik. He headed to Sermine with the main army and from there to Derbaska. He left some of the soldiers to Sermine under the leadership of Sunqur al-Ashqar. After the Sultan had passed the army, he reached the Derbask and Bağras castles. They went to the top of the mountains. They reached the gate of Alexandria, which was behind the wall built by Hethum's father Leon. The sultan reached the place called maskap from here. He crossed the Misis bridge and entered the city. He walked into the fog. He did not enter the city, he sent soldiers around. He reached the border of Anatolian Seljuks. He took some Tatars captive after the battle of Great Barrack, He returned to the fog and plundered the city and destroyed it. plundered the people. He also besieged Sis and Misis.

See also

• Baybars
• Mamluk Sultanate
• Ilkhanate
• Armenian kingdom of Cilicia

References

• Süleyman Ozbek,Sultan Baibars,the Turk who stopped the Mongols,p. 78.

Battles

Battle	Year	Mamluk Commander	Armenian/Mongol Commander	Result
Battle of Great Barrack	1276	Baybars	Unknown Mongol General	Mamluk victory
Siege of Sis	1276	Baybars	Leo II, King of Armenia	Mamluk victory
Siege of Misis	1276	Baybars	Unknown	Mamluk victory
Battle of Birecek	1276	Hüsamettin Ayntabi	Unknown Mongol General	Mamluk victory
Sack of Ayas	1276	Sunqur al-Ashqar	Unknown	Mamluk victory
Siege of Viranşehir	1276	Baybars	Unknown	Mamluk victory This article "Cilicia Campaign of Baybars" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Cilicia Campaign of Baybars. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

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