Open AccessThe Crusader States in the Foreign Policy of the First Mamluks’ State (1248/1250-1260)
Author(s) -
A. Filippau
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
problemi vsesvìtnʹoï ìstorìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2707-6776
DOI - 10.46869/2707-6776-2018-6-3
Subject(s) - reign , foreign policy , state (computer science) , power (physics) , ancient history , middle east , history , political science , dimension (graph theory) , economic history , politics , law , physics , mathematics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , pure mathematics
The article considers transformation of the Egyptian foreign policy towards the Crusader States in the first years after mamluks’ coming to power. Due to different reasons the previous academic papersconsidered this policy to sufficient extent only after the beginning of the reign of al-Zahir Baybars (1260-1277) (this is primarily due to the specifics of the sources, as well as the low interest of theworld science to seemingly minor events that having a purely regional dimension). The aim of the article is to identify the reasons and nature of this transformation. The object of the research is theforeign policy of the first mamluks before al-Zahir Baybars’s reign. Mongol invasion, the previous attempt of Louis IX to attack Cairo, as well as the conflict between Genoa and Venice resulted inmamluks’ decision to eliminate completely the Crusader States in the Middle East.