page_title: 1271
section_title: North Africa and the Middle East
hierarchical_section_title: 1271 / Events / North Africa and the Middle East
caption_attribution_description: English: Krak des Chevaliers, Syria Français&#160;: Krak des Chevaliers, Syrie
context_page_description: July 2 – Kings Otakar II of Bohemia and Stephen V of Hungary sign the first Peace of Pressburg, settling territorial claims following the failed invasion of Hungary by Otakar II.
  September 1 – Pope Gregory X succeeds Pope Clement IV as the 184th popeas the compromise candidate between French and Italian cardinals, ending a three-year conclave, the longest ever.
  The County of Toulouse is returned to the crown of France.
  Marco Polo departs from Venice with his father and uncle on his famous journey to Kublai Khan's China.
  The construction of Caerphilly Castle, the largest in Wales, is completed.
  Construction of the Belaya Vezha in Belarus is begun.
context_section_description: April 8 – Mamluk sultan Baibars continues his territorial expansion, capturing the strategically important castle Krak des Chevaliers from the Knights Hospitaller in present-day Syria.
  Mamluk sultan Baibars conducts an unsuccessful siege of the city of Tripoli, and also fails in an attempted naval invasion of Cyprus.
  Edward I of England and Charles of Anjou arrive in Acre, starting the Ninth Crusade against Baibars; however, they are unable to capture any territory and a peace is quickly negotiated.
caption: Baibars captured the Krak des Chevaliers in Syria from the Knights Hospitaller in 1271.
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