Battle of Ain Jalut
battle · 1260 AD
Battle of Ain Jalut, a battle recorded 1260 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 3 September 1260 AD
- War
- Mongol invasions of the Levant
- Side 1
- Mamluk Sultanate — led by Qutuz, Baibars
- Side 2
- Mongol Empire — led by Kitbuqa
- Result
- Mamluk victory
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1260 AD | — | medium confidence | no observation date recorded | The first decisive check on Mongol expansion to the west. |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)