Qalawun captures Tripoli

1289

The Mamluk sultan stormed the crusader-held county of Tripoli, killing or enslaving the inhabitants. The last major Frankish possessions in Outremer were reduced to Acre and a few coastal castles. The thin strip of Christian Syria was about to vanish entirely. Genoese ships evacuated what refugees they could, but most of the population was trapped within the walls when the final assault came.