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Siege Of Al-Rahba
The siege of Al-Rahba was a military engagement between the invading Ilkhanate, Ilkhanate Mongols and the Mamluk Sultanate, Egyptian Mamluk al-Rahba garrison. It was the last military engagement of the Mongol invasions of the Levant, Mamluk-Ilkhanid War. In 1312, the List of Mamluk sultans, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, al-Nasir Muhammad, began forming his own Mamluk Emir, emirs instead of Syria (region), Syrian ones. Having formed 46 new Emirs, he began eliminating the Emirs who had brought him to power. Only two emirs managed to escape the purge: Qaransunqur, ''nai'b'' (deputy) of Damascus, and Aqqush al-Afram, ''nai'b'' of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tripoli, who escaped to the Ilkhanate territory with 600 Mamluks. The two Mamluk emirs convinced the Ilkhanate ruler, Öljaitü, to attack the Mamluks, to which he agreed. The Mongol army set out in October from the city of Mosul. Mamluk spies in Baghdad informed of this and went to inform the Mamluk Sultan of the upcoming invasion. The Mongol m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mongol Invasions Of The Levant
Starting in the 1240s, the Mongols made repeated invasions of Syria or attempts thereof. Most failed, but they did have some success in 1260 and 1300, capturing Aleppo and Damascus and destroying the Ayyubid dynasty. The Mongols were forced to retreat within months each time by other forces in the area, primarily the Egyptian Mamluks. The post-1260 conflict has been described as the Mamluk–Ilkhanid War. First invasion During the governorship of Bachu in Persia, the Mongolian army under Yisaur attacked Syria in 1244. The reasons for the attack are unclear, but it may have been in retaliation for the Syrian participation on the Seljuk side in the Battle of Köse Dağ. In the autumn 1244, Yisaur concentrated the Mongol forces in the upper Tigris valley where they subjugated the Kurdish province of Akhlat. Moving across, the Mongolian army encountered no resistance and ravaged the area en route. The fortified cities were untaken in his advance because Yisaur was not prepared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
