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1230 CE
1240 CE
1250 CE
1239 CE: Shajara al-Durr lives in the harem of the caliph of Baghdad.
1247 CE: Shajara al-Durr follows al-Salih into exile. Once free, al-Salih, marries her.
1249 CE: The army of the Seventh Crusade lands in Egypt.
1250 CE: Death of al-Salih. Shajara al-Durr rules on her own before marrying Izz-al-Din Aybak.
1250 CE: The army of the Seventh Crusade is defeated at Mansourah. Louis IX is captured.
1250 CE: Louis IX, leader of the Seventh Crusade, is released by his captors, the Ayyubid Dynasty.
1257 CE: Aybak is assassinated, possibly on Shajara al-Durr's orders.