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===Campaign of autumn 1280=== [[Image:Margatview.jpg|thumb|The Hospitaller Knights of the fortress of [[Marqab]] fought together with the Mongols.]] Following the death of [[Baibars]] in 1277, and the ensuing disorganisation of the Muslim realm, conditions were ripe for a new action in the Holy Land.<ref>Richard, "Histoire des Croisades", p.465</ref> The Mongols seized the opportunity and organized a new invasion of Syrian land. In September 1280, the Mongols occupied [[Baghras]] and [[Darbsak]], and took [[Aleppo]] on October 20, where they massacred many inhabitants. {{quote|"Abagha ordered the Tartars to occupy Syria, the land and the cities, and remit them to be guarded by the Christians."|Monk [[Hayton of Corycus]], "Fleur des Histoires d'Orient", circa 1300<ref>Quoted in Grousset, p.689</ref>}} On the Frank side the king of Cyprus [[Hugues III]] and Bohemond VI also mobilized their army, but they could not intervene because the Mamluks had already positionned themselves between them and the Mongols.<ref>Richard, "Histoire des Croisades", p.465</ref> In October 1280, the Mongols sent envoys to Acre to request military support for the campaign, but the Vicar of the Patriarch invoked that the city was suffering from hunger, and that the king of Jerusalem was embroiled in another war.<ref>Richard, "Histoire des Croisades", p.466</ref> The Mongols also requested support for a campaign the following winter, informing the Franks that they would bring 50,000 Mongol horsemen and 50,000 Mongol infantry, but the request apparently remained without a response.<ref>Runciman, p.390</ref> According to Runciman, Abagha and [[Leo III of Armenia]] urged the Franks to start a new Crusade, but only the Hospitallers and Edward I (who could not come for lack of funds) responded favourably.<ref>Runciman, p.387</ref> The Hospitallers of Marquab made combined raids into the [[Buqaia]], and won several engagements against the Sultan.<ref>Runciman, p.390</ref> They raided as far as the [[Krak des Chevaliers]] in October 1280, and defeated the Mamluk army of the Krak in February 1281.<ref>Richard, "Histoire des Croisades", p.466</ref> The Mongols finally retreated, pledging to come back for the winter of 1281.
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