Editing Antioch (section)

=== Fall of Antioch ===
{{See also|Siege of Antioch (1268)}}
In 1268, Baibars besieged Antioch, capturing the city on May 18. Baibars promised to spare the lives of the inhabitants, but broke his promise and razed the city, killing or enslaving nearly the entire population upon their surrender.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2777|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108224216/http://www.archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2777|url-status=dead|title=Zahiriyya Madrasa and Mausoleum of Sultan al-Zahir Baybars|archivedate=January 8, 2009}}</ref> Antioch's ruler, [[Bohemond VI of Antioch|Prince Bohemond VI]] was then left with no territories except the County of Tripoli. Without any southern fortifications and with Antioch isolated it could not withstand the resurgent Muslim forces, and with the fall of the city, the remainder of northern Syria eventually capitulated, ending the Latin presence in Syria.<ref>[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Asia/Armenia/_Texts/KURARM/30*.html New scourge from Egypt], A History of Armenia by Vahan M. Kurkjian</ref> The Mamluk armies killed or enslaved every Christian in Antioch.<ref>Michaud, ''The History of the Crusades'', Vol. 3, p. 18; available [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_mAcMAAAAYAAJ in full at Internet Archive]. In a footnote Michaud claims reliance on "the chronicle of Ibn Ferat" (Michaud, Vol. 3, p. 22) for much of the information he has concerning the ''Mussulmans''.</ref> In 1355 it still had a considerable population, but by 1432 there were only about 300 inhabited houses within its walls, mostly occupied by [[Turkoman (ethnonym)|Turcomans]].<ref>Runciman, op. cit., p. 326.</ref>