Battle of al-Kura

Battle of al-Kura
Date	2 February 1251
Location	al-Kura, al-Salihiyya town, eastern edge of the Nile Delta, Egypt
Result	Mamluk victory
Belligerents
Ayyubids of Syria	Mamluks of Egypt
Commanders and leaders
An-Nasir Yusuf (WIA); Al-Ashraf Musa (POW); Shams ad-Din Lu'lu al-Amini ; Al-Mansur II Muhammad	Aybak; Faris al-Din Aktay; Husam ad-Din Lu'lu
Units involved
Nasiriyya Mamluks; Aziziyya Mamluks	Bahriyya Mamluks; Jamdariyya Mamluks; Mu'izziyya Mamluks
Casualties and losses
unknown; Treason of the Ayyubid Mamluks	unknown

The Battle of al-Kura (Egyptian Arabic: معركة الكورة) was a military clash in medieval Egypt between an army of the Mamluks ruling Egypt and an army of the Ayyubids ruling Syria. The battle occurred on February 2, 1251, on a stretch of land called al-Kura, near the town of al-Salihiyya on the eastern edge of the Nile Delta.

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