Battle of Fariskur (1250)

Battle of Fariskur
	Part of the Seventh Crusade
	; Capture of King Luis
Date	6 April 1250
Location	Faraskur, Ayyubid Egypt
Result	Ayyubid victory
Belligerents
Ayyubid Sultanate Egyptian Fellahin;	Kingdom of France; Knights Templar; Knights Hospitaller;
Commanders and leaders
Turanshah	Louis IX of France ; Guillaume de Sonnac †
Strength
3000 farmers	15,000-50,000 crusaders
Casualties and losses
The death toll did not reach 100.	Entire army of 15,000 or more made captive.

The Battle of Fariskur was the last major battle of the Seventh Crusade. The battle was fought on 6 April 1250, between the Crusaders led by King Louis IX of France (later Saint Louis)^[4] and Egyptian forces led by Turanshah of the Ayyubid dynasty.

Following the Crusader's defeat at the Battle of Al Mansurah, the Battle of Fariskur resulted in the complete defeat of the crusader army and the capture of Louis IX.

^ Sıbt, Mir'ât, 22:412; Zehebî, 46:51; Stevenson, The Crusaders in the East, 328. 328.
^ Marshall,Christopher, Warfare in the Latin East 1192–1291
^ Jacques Le Goff, Saint Louis
^ Louis IX was proclaimed a Saint by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297

[Sıbt,_Mir'ât,_22:412;_Zehebî,_46:51;_Stevenson,_The_Crusaders_in_the_East,-1] Sıbt, Mir'ât, 22:412; Zehebî, 46:51; Stevenson, The Crusaders in the East, 328. 328.

[2] Marshall,Christopher, Warfare in the Latin East 1192–1291

[3] Jacques Le Goff, Saint Louis

[4] Louis IX was proclaimed a Saint by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297

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Battle of Fariskur (1250)

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