Fifth Crusade Timeline

Sayef al-Din al-Adil, the brother of the late Saladin, rules as Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt.

Pope Innocent III calls for the Fifth Crusade.

The Fifth Crusade is formed to attack Muslim-held cities in North Africa and Egypt. It is not particularly successful.

Reign of al-Kamil, Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt.

The army of the Fifth Crusade arrives in Egypt.

Damietta in Egypt is attacked and conquered after a long siege during the Fifth Crusade.

After a failed attack on the Sultan of Egypt's army at Mansourah, hit by floods from the river Nile and with another two Muslim armies blocking their escape, the army of the Fifth Crusade surrenders.

The Fifth Crusaders surrender Damietta.