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Battle of Mansurah

Battle of Mansurah was a battle fought on 8 February 1250 at Mansoura, in what is now Egypt; it lasted 3 days. It was part of the Seventh Crusade, which ran from 1248 to 1254. The recorded result: Ayyubid victory.

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Battle of Mansourah (1249)
Battle of Mansourah (1249). Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought8 February 1250lasted 3 days
WhereMansoura, Egypt31.046N, 31.383E
OutcomeAyyubid victory
BelligerentsAyyubid Sultanate of Egypt; Bahri MamluksagainstKingdom of France; Knights Templar; Order of St. Lazarus; Knights Hospitaller; Maronites
Part ofSeventh Crusade1248 to 1254

Where it sits in the Seventh Crusade

Siege of Damietta, 1249Battle of Mansurah, 1250Battle of Fariskur, 125012491250Battle of Mansurah, 1250
3 placed engagements of the Seventh Crusade in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date8 February 1250
to 11 February 1250
PlaceMansoura, Egypt
31.046N, 31.383E
KindBattle, medieval
Commanders
  • Shajar al-Durr
  • Fakhr al-Din ibn al-Shaykh
  • Qutuz
  • Baybars
  • Louis IX of France
  • William of Sonnac
  • Alphonse de Poitiers
  • Robert I, Count of Artois
  • William Longespée the Younger
  • Jean de Ronay
Battle of MansurahBattle of MansurahAir Battle of El MansouraBattle of SamanouthBattle of the DeltaBattle of the NileBattle of FariskurBattle of the DeltaBattle of the NileBattle of FariskurAlexandriaSuezGizaIsmaïliaDamanhûrRashidZagazigShibin el Kom100 km31.046N, 31.383E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Mansurah
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Mansurah today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-06. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 18 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -36 to 40 m, 76 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 76% built-up, 18% cropland, 4% water.

built-up: 76%cropland: 18%water: 4%built-up 76%cropland 18%water 4%
west to east, 10.0 km-27 to 34 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 24 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1250

Battle of Mansurah is one of 629 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 144 in present-day Egypt.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2528398, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mansurah (1250), revision 1385101119, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.