2942

RRR: 
2942
YEAR: 
1253
text: 
. *November 1. Summary of what appears to have been a letter sent to Richard of Cornwall. The sultan, contrary to his oaths of alliance, has occupied most of the Christian territory and threatened Acre where he has destroyed the mills. The plan was to capture the king of France and present him to the caliph.
Sources: 
Matthew Paris, Chronica maiora, 5:411

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