Late Middle Ages · Middle East · War

1375

Mamluk Sultanate conquers the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

1375

The last Crusader ally in the Levant fell when Mamluk armies overran the Armenian fortress of Sis, capturing King Leo VI and ending three centuries of Armenian sovereignty on the Mediterranean coast. Leo would die in Parisian exile, the last king of a people who would wait five centuries for another state.

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Before and after in Middle East

Before: October 1365: Crusader sack of Alexandria
After: 1382: Burji Mamluk dynasty seizes power in Cairo

Before and after in War

Before: 1374: Timur conquers Khwarezm after five campaigns
After: 1379: Timur besieges and takes Urgench

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia