Mongols and Mamluks : the Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281
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Bibliographic Information
Mongols and Mamluks : the Mamluk-Īlkhānid War, 1260-1281
（Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization）
Cambridge University Press, 1995
- : hard
Available at 25 libraries
Note
Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Hebrew University, 1990
Bibliography: p. 249-262
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
For sixty years, from 1260 to 1323, the Mamluk state in Egypt and Syria was at war with the Ilkhanid Mongols based in Persia. This is the first comprehensive study of the political and military aspects of the early years of the war, from the battle of 'Ayn Jalut in 1260 to the battle of Homs in 1281. In between these campaigns, the Mamluk-Ilkhanid struggle was continued in the manner of a 'cold war' with both sides involved in border skirmishes, diplomatic manoeuvres, and espionage. Here, as in the major battles, the Mamluks usually maintained the upper hand, establishing themselves as the foremost Muslim power at the time. By drawing on previously untapped Persian and Arabic sources, the author sheds new light on the confrontation, examining the war within the context of Mongol/Mamluk relations with the Byzantine Empire, the Latin West and the Crusading states.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The historical background
- 2. The battle of 'Ayn Jalut
- 3. The formation of anti-Ilkhanid policy
- 4. The search for a second front
- 5. Military and diplomatic skirmishing
- 6. The secret war
- 7. Baybars' intervention in Seljuq Rum
- 8. Baybars' posthumous victory: the second battle of Homs
- 9. The Mamluk-Ilkhanid frontier
- 10. Mamluks versus Mongols: an overview.
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