Fall To The Muslims
See also: Siege of Tripoli (1271) See also: Fall of TripoliInevitably, constant infighting, lack of resources and Muslim military pressure took its toll on the Kingdom. By the 1280s, only two crusader states remained, the remnants of Jerusalem and Tripoli. The Egyptian Sultan Qalawun was determined to destroy the last Christian possessions and turned his attention on Tripoli. Although he had a peace treaty with the County, he attacked it in March 1289. Despite desperate defense operations, the County fell and was merged with Qalawun's empire. The last crusader state to be created, out-lived only by Jerusalem itself, had been destroyed.
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