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==== Levant ====
* [[February 9]] &ndash; Sultan [[Qalawun]] ('''the Victorious''') marches the Mamluk army out of [[Cairo]], leaving his son [[Al-Ashraf Khalil]] commanding Cairo's Citadel, supported by Viceroy [[Baydara|Baydara al-Mansuri]]. The army moves via [[El Salheya|Salihiya]], across [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] and through [[Jordan]] to [[Damascus]]. He orders the regional governors of [[Syria]] to mobilize in Damascus, where many infantry volunteers have assembled.<ref>[[David Nicolle]] (2005). Osprey: ''Acre 1291 - Bloody sunset of the Crusader states'', p. 45. {{ISBN|978-1-84176-862-5}}.</ref>
* March &ndash; The 19-year-old King [[Henry II of Cyprus|Henry II]] sends his younger brother [[Amalric, Lord of Tyre|Almalric]], with a company of knights and 4 galleys to [[Tripoli, Lebanon|Tripoli]] (modern [[Lebanon]]). Meanwhile, many non-combatant citizens flee to [[Kingdom of Cyprus|Cyprus]]. The Mamluk army arrives before Tripoli and begins the attack with siege engines, while building ''buches'' (wooden defensive structures) outside the city on [[March 25]].<ref>David Nicolle (2005). Osprey: ''Acre 1291 - Bloody sunset of the Crusader states'', p. 46. {{ISBN|978-1-84176-862-5}}.</ref>
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[Fall of Tripoli (1289)|Siege of Tripoli]]: Mamluk forces under Qalawun ('''the Victorious''') capture Tripoli after a month-long siege, thus extinguishing the [[County of Tripoli]]. Qalawun orders the city to be razed to the ground, a widespread massacre kills every man found by the Mamluks, while the women and children are taken as slaves.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', p. 340. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>
* July&ndash;August &ndash; Admiral [[Benedetto I Zaccaria|Benedetto Zaccaria]], having escaped from Tripoli, starts a naval campaign against Mamluk shipping and raids [[Tennis, Egypt|Tinnis]] in [[Egypt in the Middle Ages|Egypt]]. In response, Qalawun closes [[Alexandria]] to Genoese merchants.<ref>Miller, William (1921). "The Zaccaria of Phocaea and Chios (1275-1329)". ''Essays on the Latin Orient'', p. 284. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{OCLC|457893641}}.</ref>