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Barbary Crusade
| Mahdian Crusade | |||||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||||
 The French army disembarking in Africa, led by the Duke of Bourbon, holding a shield bearing the royal arms of France (15th century miniature) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Kingdom of France Republic of Genoa |
Hafsids Zayyanid Kingdom Emirate of Béjaïa | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Louis II of Bourbon Giacomo Fregoso |
Ahmad II Abu Tashufin II | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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6,000 knights and soldiers 60 ships | 40,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 274 | Unknown | ||||||||
The Barbary Crusade, also called the Mahdia Crusade, was a Franco-Genoese military expedition in 1390 that led to the siege of Mahdia, then a stronghold of the Barbary pirates in Hafsidi Ifriqiya (geographically corresponding to modern Tunisia). Froissart's Chronicles is the chief account of what was one of the last crusades.
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