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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 4340394, member: 96898&quot;]Thanks for the splendid write–up, [USER=81887]@Parthicus[/USER] !</p><p><br /></p><p>The thread title &quot;hit me Baybars&quot; is quite fitting, considering that among people focussing on Western medieval history, Baybars is often known mostly for one specific attempted hit, namely for orchestrating an almost successful assassination attempt on the future king Edward I of England during the Ninth Crusade in 1272.</p><p><br /></p><p>The chronicle of the anonymous &quot;Templar of Tyre&quot; reports that Baybars sent a double agent with a poisoned dagger to murder Edward. Claiming to have crucial information, the assassin was received by Edward in his bedchamber but botched the job: &quot;The Saracen met Edward and stabbed him on the hip with a dagger, making a deep, dangerous wound. The Lord Edward felt himself struck, and he struck the Saracen a blow with his fist, on the temple, which knocked him senseless to the ground for a moment. The the Lord Edward caught up a dagger from the table which was in the chamber, and stabbed the Saracen in the head and killed him.&quot; According to the chronicle, the future queen Eleanor of Castile sucked the poison out of Edward&#039;s wound, saving the prince&#039;s life. It&#039;s safe to say that if Baybars&#039; plan had suceeded, English history would have unfolded much differently. <a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/the-prince-the-assassin-and-the-mongols/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/the-prince-the-assassin-and-the-mongols/" rel="nofollow">Here</a> is a well-researched article on the 1272 assassination attempt and its background.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to bump this quality thread with a coin, but all I have from the Mamluk Sultanate is this extremely crude fals struck during the de facto interregnum following the death of Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad in 1341.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1099687[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Mamluk Sultanate, anonymous issue, AE fals, 1341–1343 AD (741-743AH), Hamah mint. Obv: double circular line, connected with spokes within border of dots; ضرب (=duriba/struck) in center. Rev: hexagram in circle; بحماة (=bi-Hamah) in center. 20mm, 2.37g. Ref: Album 931H.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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