=== Sidonbegivenheden (1260) ===
Samtiden beskrev korsfareren [[Julian de Grenier]], der var herre til [[Sidon]] og fæstningen Beaufort i Libanon, som uansvarlig og letsindig, og han greb i 1260 chancen for at hærge og plyndre Bekaa-området, som netop var kommet under mongolsk herredømme. Da den momgolske general, [[Kitbuqa]], sendte sin nevø med en mindre styrke for at skaffe ro, faldt de i baghold og blev dræbt af Julian. Kitbuqa besvarede det i fuld styrke ved at hærge byen Sidon, ødelægge dens mure og dræbe dens indbyggere, selv om det hedder sig, at fæstningen aldrig blev erobret.<ref name=runciman-308>Runciman, p. 308</ref><ref>"It happened that some men from Sidon and Belfort gathered together, went to the Saracens' villages and fields, looted them, killed many Saracens and took others into captivity together with a great deal of livestock. A certain nephew of [[Kit-Bugha]] who resided there, taking along but few cavalry, pursued the Christians who had done these things to tell them on his uncle's behalf to leave the booty. But some of the Christians attacked and killed him and some other Tartars. When Kit-Bugha learned of this, he immediately took the city of the Sidon and destroyed most of the walls [and killed as many Christians as he found. But the people of Sidon fled to an island, and only a few were slain. oe43]. Thereafter the Tartars no longer trusted the Christians, nor the Christians the Tartars." [http://rbedrosian.com/hetum3.htm Fleur des Histoires d'Orient, Chap. 30]</ref>
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