How The Secrets of Sultana Shajarat Al-Durr Kept Order

Sultan al‑Ṣāliḥ Ayyūb dies in his field pavilion at al‑Manṣūra, a garrison town on a Nile branch in the eastern Delta. The crusade rages and the front is brittle: Louis IX’s army waits across the canal and rumors already run the roads to Cairo.

Part of The Crusades

Written by

Seem Radcliffe

Published

18 Sep 2026

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