Sack of Cyprus (1368)
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| Marinid Sack of Cyprus | |||||||
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 Map of the kingdom of Cyprus | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
_(1554-1659).svg){kind=small} Marinids |
_as_reported_by_the_Book_of_All_Kingdoms.svg){kind=small} Kingdom of Cyprus | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ibrahim Tazi | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 500 | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 35 prisoners | ||||||
Under the leadership of the Raïs Ibrahim Tazi, the Marinid forces left Alexandria and raided Cyprus with the goal of expanding their influence in the Eastern Mediterranean.[2][3][4][5][6]
The island suffered greatly during the invasion, and many were enslaved or killed.[7]
References
- ↑ أحمد, عدوان، (1985). العسكرية الإسلامية في العصر المملوكي (in العربية). عالم الكتب،. Search this book on
- ↑ العزيز, سالم، السيد عبد (1969). تاريخ الإسكندرية وحضارتها في العصر الإسلامي (in العربية). دار المعارف،. Search this book on
- ↑ Allāh, Ibtisām Marʻī Khalaf (1985). العلاقات بين الخلافة الموحدية والمشرق الاسلامي، 524-936 هـ/1130-1529 م (in العربية). دار المعارف،. Search this book on
- ↑ ʻAbbādī, Aḥmad Mukhtār ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (1981). تاريخ البحرية الإسلامية في مصر والشام (in العربية). دار النهضة العربية،. Search this book on
- ↑ Müller-Wiener, Martina (1992). Eine Stadtgeschichte Alexandrias von 564/1169 bis in die Mitte des 9./15. Jahrhunderts (in Deutsch). K. Schwarz. ISBN 9783879972029. Search this book on
- ↑ Nukhaylī, Darwīsh (1979). Sufun al-Islāmīyah ʻalā ḥurūf al-muʻ jam (in العربية). Dār al-Maʾārif. Search this book on
- ↑ العزيز, سالم، السيد عبد (1969). تاريخ الإسكندرية وحضارتها في العصر الإسلامي (in العربية). دار المعارف،. Search this book on
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