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==== Asia ====
* [[July 9]] – The [[Qaymariyya (tribe)|Qaymariyya]] tribe engineers a ''coup d'état'' to hand over [[Damascus]] to [[An-Nasir Yusuf]]. The garrison in the citadel surrenders later to him.<ref>Humphreys, R. Stephen (1977). '' From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus, 1193–1260'', pp. 305–307. State University of New York Press.</ref>
* A [[kurultai]] is called by [[Batu Khan]] in [[Siberia]] as part of maneuverings which will elect [[Möngke Khan]] as [[Khan (title)|khan]] of the [[Mongol Empire]] in [[1251]].
* Starting in this year and ending in [[1275]], the Muslim [[Shougeng Pu]], likely a Persian or an Arab, serves as the Commissioner of Merchant Shipping for the [[Song dynasty]] Chinese [[seaport]] at [[Quanzhou]], due to his effort in defeating pirates.<ref>According to a monograph on the maritime [[economy of the Song dynasty]] written by Jitsuzo Kuwabara (桑原騭藏, 1870–1931).</ref>