Qalawun signs truce with Crusader Acre

1283

The Mamluk sultan negotiated a ten-year truce with the remnant Kingdom of Jerusalem at Acre, buying time to consolidate his hold on Syria. Both sides knew the truce was temporary. Qalawun used the peace to build the al-Mansuri hospital in Cairo while quietly planning the final siege. Italian merchants in Acre, meanwhile, provoked incidents that would give the Mamluks their pretext to break the truce.