The Crusader States in the foreign policy of the First Mamluks (1248/1250–1260)

Authors

  • Aliaksandr A. Filipau Institute of Advanced Training and Further Education, Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 12 Kalinouskaha Street, Minsk 220086, Belarus

Keywords:

mamluks, Crusader States, mamluks’ foreign policy, War of Saint Sabas

Abstract

The article considers transformation of the Egyptian foreign policy towards the Crusader States in the first years after mamluks’ coming to power. Due to different reasons the previous academic papers considered this policy to sufficient extent only after the beginning of the reign of al-Zahir Baybars. The aim of the article is to identify the reasons and nature of this transformation. The object of the research is the foreign policy of the first mamluks before al-Zahir Baybars’s reign. Mongol invasion, the previous attempt of Louis IX to attack Cairo, as well as the conflict between Genoa and Venice resulted in mamluks’ decision to eliminate completely the Crusader States in the Middle East.

Author Biography

  • Aliaksandr A. Filipau, Institute of Advanced Training and Further Education, Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 12 Kalinouskaha Street, Minsk 220086, Belarus

    PhD (political science); director

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Published

2018-10-17

Issue

No. 4 (2018): Journal of the Belarusian State University. History

Section

World History

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How to Cite

[1]
Filipau, A.A. 2018. The Crusader States in the foreign policy of the First Mamluks (1248/1250–1260). Journal of the Belarusian State University. History. 4 (Oct. 2018), 83–89.