Siege of Rumkale

Siege of Rumkale

The Rumkale fortress
Date691 AH/1292 AD
Location
Rumkale, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia (in modern-day Gaziantep Province, Urfa, Turkey)
37°16′19″N 37°50′17″E / 37.27194°N 37.83806°E / 37.27194; 37.83806
Result Mamluk victory
Belligerents
Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
 Mamluk Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Stefanos IV (POW) Al-Ashraf Khalil
Sanjar al-Shuja‘i
Ibn al-Sal'us
Sharaf al-Din bin al-Khutair  †
Shihab al-Din bin Rukn al-Din, Emir of Jandar †
Sayf al-Din Aqjaba (WIA)

The siege of Rumkale or the fall of Rumkale took place in 691 AH/1292 AD and resulted in the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia losing the castle of Rumkale to the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt.

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