September 3, 1260 · Galilee (Levant) Theater
September 3, 1260
With the main Mongol army withdrawn east after the death of the Great Khan, the Egyptian Mamluks under Sultan Qutuz and his general Baibars met the remaining Mongol force in Galilee at Ain Jalut, the 'Spring of Goliath.' Using a feigned retreat of their own to draw the Mongols into an ambush, the Mamluks broke and destroyed them, killing their commander Kitbuqa.
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