2000/01/01 by Charles J. Halperin · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Islamic Studies and History #Archaeology and Historical Studies #Eurasian Exchange Networks
paper · doi:10.1017/s0041977x00007205
openalex publication_date 2000/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
In 1260 an army of Egyptian Mamluks, led by Sultan Qutuz, defeated a Mongol army from the Ilkhanate led by Ketbugha, at the battle of Ayn Jalut (Ain Jalut), ‘Goliath's Well’, in Palestine. Because this campaign marked the furthest advance of the Mongols in the Middle East, scholars have paid considerable attention to its military and political significance. However, one potential aspect of Ilkhanid-Mamluk relations has only been mentioned casually; examination of the role and image of the Kipchaks in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries may illustrate a much broader feature of the history of the Mongol Empire and its successor states.