In 1271, Sultan Baibars captured the world's most famous Crusader castle
The legendary Krak des Chevaliers, once considered an impregnable fortress of the Crusades, finally fell in 1271 after the Mamluk Sultan Baibars used a clever deception to breach its walls.
In 1271, the formidable Mamluk Sultan Baibars achieved what many thought impossible by capturing the Krak des Chevaliers in modern-day Syria. The castle was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller and was famous for its sophisticated concentric defenses that had resisted dozens of previous sieges.
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