Siege of Tripoli Bohemond VI of Antioch

baibars s siege of bohemond vi in tripoli lifted in may 1271 when edward arrived in levant, starting ninth crusade.

baibars attacked again in 1271 starting siege of tripoli, sending letter bohemond threatening him total annihilation , taunting him alliance mongols:

our yellow flags have repelled red flags, , sound of bells has been replaced call: allâh akbar! (...) warn walls , churches our siege machinery deal them, knights our swords invite in homes (...) see use alliance abagha

bohemond begged truce, not lose tripoli well. baibars mocked him lack of courage , asked him pay expenses of mamluk campaign. bohemond had enough pride left refuse offer, in may baibars offered him truce anyway. time, mamluks had captured every inland castle of franks, mamluks had heard reports new crusade, 1 prince later edward of england. edward had landed in acre on may 9, 1271, joined bohemond , cousin king hugh of cyprus , jerusalem.

bohemond died in 1275, leaving son , 3 daughters: bohemond vii, nominal prince of antioch (though antioch had ceased exist) , count of tripoli; isabelle, died young; lucia, later titular countess of tripoli; , marie (d. ca 1280), married nicolas de saint-omer (d. 1294).

the rancour of mamluks regarding bohemond vi s alliance mongols remain until 1289 final fall of tripoli.