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==== Africa ====
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Battle of Fariskur (1250)|Battle of Fariskur]]: Louis IX (the Saint) is captured by [[Baibars]]' [[Mamluk]] army while he is in [[Egypt]] conducting the [[Seventh Crusade]]; he later has to ransom himself.
* [[April 30]] &ndash; King [[Louis IX of France|Louis IX]] (the Saint) is released by his Egyptian captors after paying a ransom of [[one million]] [[dinars]] and turning over the city of [[Damietta]].
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Al-Muazzam Turanshah]], Ayyubid ruler of Egypt, is murdered, ending effective [[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid Dynasty]] rule in the country. He is briefly succeeded by his widow, Sultana [[Shajar al-Durr]].<ref name=Humphreys>{{cite book|last=Humphreys|first=R. Stephen|title=From Saladin to the Mongols: The Ayyubids of Damascus 1193-1260|location=Albany|publisher=State University of New York Press|year=1977|isbn=9780873952637}}</ref>
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Aybak]] becomes ruler of [[Egypt]], beginning the [[Bahri dynasty|Bahri Dynasty]] of the [[Mamluk Sultanate]]. After 5 days he stands down and the six-year-old [[Al-Ashraf Musa, Sultan of Egypt|Al-Ashraf Musa]] is nominally proclaimed sultan.<ref name=Humphreys/>
* The [[Welayta people|Welayta]] state is founded in modern-day [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]].
* In [[Tunis]], a popular rebellion against newly arrived, wealthy and influential Andalusian refugees breaks out, and is violently put down.<ref>{{cite book|last=de Epalza|first=Miguel|title=Negotiating cultures: bilingual surrender treaties in Muslim-Crusader Spain under James the Conqueror|year=1999|publisher=Brill|isbn=90-04-11244-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IjFacnscoBIC&q=Treaty+of+Alcaraz+1243|page=106}}</ref>
* The Hafsid caliph [[Muhammad I al-Mustansir|al-Mustansir]] enforces laws of ghiyar, or differentiation for non-Muslims. As such, Jews have to wear a distinguishing badge ([[shikla]]) which [[Tunisian Jews]] will have to wear into the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Stillman |first1=Norman |title=Arab Dress, A Short History: From the Dawn of Islam to Modern Times |date=8 June 2022 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-49162-5 |pages=113–114|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YUB0EAAAQBAJ |access-date=3 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Joffé |first1=George |title=Routledge Handbook on the Modern Maghrib |date=20 November 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-429-99964-2 |page=328 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=243ZEAAAQBAJ |access-date=3 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>