[2] In the meantime, the Order tried to organize a campaign to reconquer the Holy Land in alliance with the Mongols under Ghazan.
However, an unusually severe winter halted the Mongol advance, and Ghazan was forced to delay attacking the Mamluks until a later date.
They reinforced the fortifications and set up a permanent force under the command of Marshal of the Templars Barthélemy de Quincy.
The Cypriots had been assembling a fleet to rescue Ruad, which set out from Famagusta, but did not arrive in time.
[4] On Ruad, Brother Hugh of Dampierre negotiated a surrender to the Mamluks on September 26, under the condition that they could safely escape to a Christian land of their choice.