High Middle Ages · Middle East · War
1281
Mamluk sultan Qalawun defeats Mongol invasion at Homs
1281
The Mamluk army intercepted an Ilkhanid force that had crossed the Euphrates and routed it near Homs in Syria. The second Battle of Homs confirmed that Ain Jalut was no fluke; the Mamluks could consistently defeat Mongol armies in the field. The Ilkhanate's dream of conquering Egypt died on Syrian soil.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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