Draft:Sack of Cyprus

Marinid Sack of Cyprus
	; Map of the kingdom of Cyprus
Date	12 March 1368
Location	Cyprus
Result	Marinid victory
Belligerents
Marinids	Kingdom of Cyprus
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Tazi	Unknown
Strength
500	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	35 prisoners

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Instructions · What links here · Sack of Cyprus (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 4 days ago by Alexandre the terrible (talk: D · +) · Last edited 3 days ago by Alexandre the terrible

The Sack of Cyprus was a military engagement between the Marinids and the Kingdom of Cyprus. Led by the head of the Marinid industry, raïs Ibrahim Tazi who sailed from Alexandria and successfully raided the island with 500 of his crew.^[1]

Background

After the Cypriot raids on the Egyptian coast, the Al-Ashraf Sha'ba assigned the task of raiding the cost of Cyprus to the head of the Marinid industry, Raïs Ibrahim al-Tazi.^[3]

Raid

Ibrahim al-Tazi set sail from the port of Alexandria with 500 of his crew in two seagoing ships heading to the island of Cyprus and the neighboring islands. Eventually, the raid lasted for 23 days and returned with his fleet and spoils back to Alexandria.^[4]

Aftermath

Ibrahim Tazi took spoils from his raid on the island of Cyprus and the neighboring islands, and sent them with a number of his men to Alexandria. Al-Tazi returned from his raid with 35 of Cypriot prisoners.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ʻAbbādī, Aḥmad Mukhtār ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (1981). تاريخ البحرية الإسلامية في مصر والشام (in Arabic). دار النهضة العربية،.
^ أحمد, عدوان، (1985). العسكرية الإسلامية في العصر المملوكي (in Arabic). عالم الكتب،.
^ Allāh, Ibtisām Marʻī Khalaf (1985). العلاقات بين الخلافة الموحدية والمشرق الاسلامي، 524-936 هـ/1130-1529 م (in Arabic). دار المعارف،.
^ ʻAbbādī, Aḥmad Mukhtār ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (1981). تاريخ البحرية الإسلامية في مصر والشام (in Arabic). دار النهضة العربية،.
^ العزيز, سالم، السيد عبد (1969). تاريخ الإسكندرية وحضارتها في العصر الإسلامي (in Arabic). دار المعارف،.
^ Ḥasan Saʻīd, Ibrāhīm (1973). تايخ البحرية المصرية (in Arabic). Jāmiʻat al-Iskandarīyah.

[1] ʻAbbādī, Aḥmad Mukhtār ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (1981). تاريخ البحرية الإسلامية في مصر والشام (in Arabic). دار النهضة العربية،.

[2] أحمد, عدوان، (1985). العسكرية الإسلامية في العصر المملوكي (in Arabic). عالم الكتب،.

[3] Allāh, Ibtisām Marʻī Khalaf (1985). العلاقات بين الخلافة الموحدية والمشرق الاسلامي، 524-936 هـ/1130-1529 م (in Arabic). دار المعارف،.

[4] ʻAbbādī, Aḥmad Mukhtār ʻAbd al-Fattāḥ (1981). تاريخ البحرية الإسلامية في مصر والشام (in Arabic). دار النهضة العربية،.

[5] العزيز, سالم، السيد عبد (1969). تاريخ الإسكندرية وحضارتها في العصر الإسلامي (in Arabic). دار المعارف،.

[6] Ḥasan Saʻīd, Ibrāhīm (1973). تايخ البحرية المصرية (in Arabic). Jāmiʻat al-Iskandarīyah.

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