1260 AD
Battle of Ain Jalut
Mamluks halt the Mongol advance into the Middle East.
- Time period
- 1260 AD
- Region
- Palestine / Levant
- Theme
- Military
- Civilization
- Mamluk Sultanate and Mongol Empire
On 3 September 1260, a Mamluk army under Qutuz and Baybars defeated a Mongol force in Galilee. It was one of the first major Mongol defeats in open battle. The result stopped Mongol expansion toward Egypt.