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==== Middle East ====
* Spring &ndash; [[Arghun|Arghun Khan]], Mongol ruler of the [[Ilkhanate]], sends an embassy under Rabban Bar Sauma with the mission of contracting a military alliance against the [[Mamluk Sultanate]] and take the city of [[Jerusalem]]. He travels with a large retinue (bearing gifts and letters) and 30 riding animals from [[Tabriz]] through [[Armenia]] to [[Trabzon|Trebizond]]. Bar Sauma arrives in Constantinople and receives an audience with Emperor [[Andronikos II Palaiologos|Andronikos II]] ('''Palaiologos''').<ref>Morris Rossabi (2014). ''From Yuan to Modern China and Mongolia: The Writings of Morris Rossabi''. BRILL. pp. 385–386. {{ISBN|978-90-04-28529-3}}.</ref>
* March &ndash; Mamluk forces under Sultan [[Qalawun]] ('''the Victorious''') capture [[Latakia]], last remnant of the [[Principality of Antioch]]. The city port falls easily into his hands, but the defenders retire to the citadel at the mouth of the harbour. Finally, Qalawun forces the Crusader garrison to surrender on [[April 20]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', p. 337. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Bohemond VII of Antioch|Bohemond VII]], ruler of [[County of Tripoli|Tripoli]], dies childless. He is succeeded by his sister [[Lucia, Countess of Tripoli|Lucia]], who is married to [[Charles I of Anjou|Charles I of Naples]]' former Grand Admiral, [[Narjot de Toucy (died 1293)|Narjot de Toucy]]. But the nobles, not pleased with this decision, offer the county to Bohemond's mother, Dowager-Princess [[Sibylla of Armenia]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', pp. 337–338. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>
* Winter &ndash; Two unidentified 'merchants' travel from [[Alexandria]] to [[Cairo]] to warn Qalawun of the economic dangers posed by Genoese domination in the eastern [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]], which leaves the Mamluk trade at their mercy. Qalawun accepts the invitation to intervene, and breaks the truce with Tripoli.<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol III: The Kingdom of Acre'', p. 339. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29877-0}}.</ref>