Ghazan invades Syria and defeats the Mamluks

1299

The Ilkhan of Persia crossed the Euphrates with a Mongol army and routed the Mamluks at Wadi al-Khazandar near Homs. He entered Damascus in triumph but soon withdrew to Persia. The Mamluks recovered the city, and Mongol Syria would prove a dream and nothing more. The brief occupation showed that Mongol power could still strike deep into the Islamic heartland but could no longer hold what it took.