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Battle of al-Jassora

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the beginning of the battle, al-Ashqar withstood the Egyptian attacks, but was surprised by the escape of the Damascus forces from the battlefield and their joining the Egyptians. In the midst of all this, before the battle, al-Ashqar had agreed with the Arab tribes led by Ibn Muhanna that they would attack the Egyptian army camps from behind and plunder them in order to occupy the Egyptians who would be dispersed, but the commander of the Egyptian army, Emir Alam al-Din Sanjar, was an experienced military commander, so he ordered the Egyptian forces not to look back, even if they saw that the Arabs were taking their clothes from their tents, thus foiling the plan of Sunqur al-Ashqar.
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followed him. A number of princes loyal to al-Ashqar came to the commanders of the Egyptian army and declared their loyalty to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, represented by Sultan al-Mansur Seif al-Din Qalawun. Then 3,000 Egyptian soldiers went to arrest Sunqur al-Ashqar and the princes loyal to him and those who were still with him, and with them a decree from the Sultan of Egypt of safety for whoever would hand over themselves for justice.
235:, which is at the gate of Egypt. Sunqur allied at that time with the Arab tribes in Gaza and the Levant. When Qalawun learned of the entry of the Levantine forces into Gaza, he ordered the Egyptian army to go out to fight the Levantine army and pursue it into its homeland in Damascus and put down the attempt to secede the Levant from the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt. 287:
and brought its people to safety. The people of Damascus were reassured and opened the doors, and no case of looting or any case of aggression was recorded by the Egyptian forces towards the people of Damascus, which makes it clear that the conflict was with Sunqur al-Ashqar as a person, and whoever
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On June 11, Sunqur with the Levant's soldiers left Damascus and camped in al-Jassora and waited there until the Egyptian army numbering 6,000 men arrived on June 16 under the command of Emir Alam al-Din Sanjar. Two days later, on June 18, a battle broke out between the two armies at al-Jassora. At
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The Egyptian army went out and met the Levantine army of al-Ashqar in Gaza. At the beginning, the Levantines repelled the Egyptians, but in the end the Egyptians won an overwhelming victory, and the remnants of the Levantine army withdrew to the
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Omens or messages were followed to Egypt with news of the Egyptian victory. Sultan al-Mansur Qalawun was very happy and ordered the decoration of Cairo and the major Egyptian cities. The long period of
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over Egypt began, which would continue for more than a century, most of which was a period of prosperity and glory that Egypt had not witnessed since ancient times.
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says that the soldiers of the Levant hid in the orchards and gardens of Damascus, and among them were those who fled to
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State formation and the structure of politics in Mamluk Syro-Egypt, 648–741 A.H./1250–1340 C.E
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Sunqur al-Ashqar was not satisfied with that. He also sent his Levantine army and entered
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and led a royal procession in Damascus, and having his name read in the
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Index

Damascus
Syria
Mamluk Sultanate
Sunqur al-Ashqar loyalists
Arab
Sunqur al-Ashqar
Isa ibn Muhanna
Egyptian Arabic
Syria
Egyptian army
Emir
Sunqur al-Ashqar
Arab princes
Sharaf al-Din ibn Muhanna
Mamluk Sultan
al-Mansur Seif al-Din Qalawun
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
Damascus
Syria
Egypt
Cairo
Friday prayers
Gaza
Ramla
Palestine
Aleppo
Hama
Ibn Taghribirdi
Baalbek
Citadel of Damascus

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