The development of the war strategies of the Mongols of Persia after the Battle of Ain Jalut until the end of the Ghazan era (664-703 AH / 1265/1303 CE)

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The campaigns of the Mongols against the Islamic world and the emergence of their great state, which included China and Iran, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and Eastern Europe, constituted one of the most important incidents of Islamic history.
Until the decisive turning point in the history of the Islamic world and in the history of the Mughals came, which was the battle of Ain galut This battle, which represented the defining and decisive moment. Therefore, the Mongolian strategy changed after the battle of Ain Jalut, which varied between diplomacy at one time and hostility at other times, between trying to pretend to be friendly and sending embassies and between the raids that took place. It took the form of a swift and motorized character from the defeat of the Battle of Ain Jalut, and between the attempt to search for an ally who would share anger with the Mamluk Sultanate
In fact, the Mongols, since the battle of Ain Jalut, did not stop looking forward to the idea of ​​a military invasion to the Levant and return to it again, and they made one attempt after another in order to achieve this goal, and tried to involve the European powers with them in a joint Mongolian crusade against the Mamluk

  this study tries to discuss the war strategies of the Mongols of Persia from Ain Jalut until the Battle of Shaqhab. These strategies varied between direct hostility and an attempt at appeasement, diplomacy and formation of international alliances until the resounding defeat again, and how the Mamluk state proved that it is in the pursuit of all the Mongol military and conspiratorial practices on Islamic world

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