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  "ar": "فتح بيبرس قيسارية وأرسوف سنة 663هـ",
  "en": "Baybars takes Caesarea and Arsuf, 663"
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  "ar": "قدم السلطان بيبرس سنة ثلاث وستين فحاصر قيسارية وافتتحها عنوة وعصت القلعة أياماً ثم أخذت، ثم نازل أرسوف وأخذها بالسيف في رجب، ثم رجع فسلطن ابنه الملك السعيد في شوال وأركبه بأبهة الملك وله خمس سنين {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 541}.",
  "en": "In 663 Baybars besieged Caesarea and stormed it — the citadel held out days, then fell — then invested Arsuf and took it by the sword in Rajab; that Shawwal he enthroned his five-year-old son al-Malik al-Sa'id in full royal pomp {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 541}."
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   "note": "أرسوف في رجب سنة ثلاث وستين {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 541}",
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   "note": "أرسوف في رجب سنة ثلاث وستين {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 541}",
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     "ar": "المسلمون — جيش الملك الظاهر بيبرس"
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   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج7، سنة 663)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "قدم السلطان [[person/baybars|بيبرس]] سنة ثلاث وستين وستمائة فحاصر قيسارية وافتتحها عنوة، وعصت القلعة أياماً ثم أُخذت؛ ثم نازل أرسوف وأخذها بالسيف في رجب. ثم رجع فسلطن ابنه الملك السعيد في شوال وأركبه بأبهة الملك وله خمس سنين. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.541}"
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     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Sultan [[person/baybars|Baybars]] came in 663 AH, besieged Caesarea and took it by storm. The citadel resisted for some days and was then taken. He then attacked Arsuf and took it by the sword in Rajab. He then returned and had his son al-Malik al-Saʿid proclaimed sultan in Shawwal, and had him ride in royal splendour at the age of five {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.541}."
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/baybars-caesarea-arsuf-663",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
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   "updated": "2026-10-18"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "سلطان [[person/baybars|بیبرس]] سنہ 663ھ میں آئے، قیسارية کا محاصرہ کیا اور اسے زبردستی فتح کیا، پھر قلعہ کچھ دن مزاحمت کرتا رہا یہاں تک کہ وہ بھی لے لیا گیا۔ پھر ارسوف کا محاصرہ کیا اور رجب میں اسے تلوار سے فتح کیا۔ پھر وہ واپس آئے اور شوال میں اپنے بیٹے الملک السعید کو سلطان بنایا اور اسے شاہی شان و شوکت کے ساتھ سوار کرایا، جب وہ پانچ سال کا تھا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p.541}"
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/baybars-caesarea-arsuf-663",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-18"
  }
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  "event/ayn-jalut-658",
  "event/baybars-antioch-666",
  "event/baybars-cilicia-673",
  "event/baybars-death-676",
  "event/baybars-hisn-akrad-669",
  "event/baybars-safed-664",
  "event/baybars-sultan-accession-658",
  "event/bira-relief-671"
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