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 | |||||||||
Kingdom of France Republic of Genoa |
Hafsids Zayyanid Kingdom Emirate of Béjaïa | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Louis II of Bourbon Giacomo Fregoso |
Ahmad II Abu Tashufin II | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
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.