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Africa: Update

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==== Africa ====
==== Africa ====
* [[March 11]] – [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] politician [[Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna]] appointed [[Vizier]] of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]].
* [[March 11]] – [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] politician [[Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna]] appointed [[Vizier]] of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]] as the last vizier in the [[Ayyubid Dynasty]] of Egypt.
* [[April 8]] – [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]]: Louis IX (the Saint) is captured by [[Baibars]]' [[Mamluk]] army while he is in [[Egypt]] conducting the [[Seventh Crusade]]; he later has to ransom himself.
* [[April 8]] – [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]]: Louis IX (the Saint) is captured by [[Baibars]]' [[Mamluk]] army while he is in [[Egypt]] conducting the [[Seventh Crusade]]; he later has to ransom himself.
* [[April 30]] – King [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] (the Saint) is released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom of [[one million]] [[dinars]] and turning over the city of [[Damietta]].
* [[April 30]] – King [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] (the Saint) is released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom of [[one million]] [[dinars]] and turning over the city of [[Damietta]].
* [[May 2]] – [[Al-Muazzam Turanshah]], Ayyubid ruler of Egypt, is murdered, ending effective [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid Dynasty]] rule in the country. He is briefly succeeded by his widow, Sultana [[Shajar al-Durr]].{{cite book|last=Humphreys|first=R. Stephen|title=From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus 1193-1260|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1977|isbn=9780873952637}}
* [[May 2]] – [[Al-Muazzam Turanshah]], Ayyubid ruler of Egypt, is murdered, ending effective [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid Dynasty]] rule in the country. He is briefly succeeded by his widow, Sultana [[Shajar al-Durr]].{{cite book|last=Humphreys|first=R. Stephen|title=From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus 1193-1260|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1977|isbn=9780873952637}}
* [[July 21]] – [[Aybak]] becomes ruler of [[Egypt]], beginning the [[Bahri dynasty|Bahri Dynasty]] of the [[Mamluk Sultanate]]. After 5 days he stands down and the six-year-old [[Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt|Al-Ashraf Musa]] is nominally proclaimed sultan.
* [[July 21]] – [[Aybak]] becomes ruler of [[Egypt]], beginning the [[Bahri dynasty|Bahri Dynasty]] of the [[Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt]]. After 5 days he stands down and the six-year-old [[Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt|Al-Ashraf Musa]] is nominally proclaimed sultan.
* [[July 22]] – [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] politician [[Bahaa el-Din bin Hanna]] appointed [[Vizier]] of [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]] as the first vizier in the [[Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt]].
* The [[Welayta people|Welayta]] state is founded in modern-day [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]].
* The [[Welayta people|Welayta]] state is founded in modern-day [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]].
* In [[Tunis]], a popular rebellion against newly arrived, wealthy and influential Andalusian refugees breaks out, and is violently put down.{{cite book|last=de Epalza|first=Miguel|title=Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror|year=1999|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-11244-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjFacnscoBIC&q=Treaty+of+Alcaraz+1243|page=106}}
* In [[Tunis]], a popular rebellion against newly arrived, wealthy and influential Andalusian refugees breaks out, and is violently put down.{{cite book|last=de Epalza|first=Miguel|title=Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror|year=1999|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-11244-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjFacnscoBIC&q=Treaty+of+Alcaraz+1243|page=106}}
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