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Group: Artuqid dynasty of Harput
People: Leo IV the Khazar
Topic: Mongol invasions of the Levant
Location: Inchtuthil Perthshire United Kingdom

Mongol invasions of the Levant

Years: 1260 - 1323

Starting in the 1240s, the Mongols make repeated invasions of Syria or attempts thereof.

Most fail, but they do have some success in 1260 and 1300, capturing Aleppo and Damascus and destroying the Ayyubid dynasty.

The Mongols are forced to retreat within months each time by other forces in the area, primarily the Egyptian Mamluks.

The conflict from 1260 is also described as the Mamluk-Ilkhanid War.

“Let us study things that are no more. It is necessary to know them, if only to avoid them. The counterfeits of the past assume false names, and gladly call themselves the future. Let us inform ourselves of the trap. Let us be on our guard. The past has a visage, superstition, and a mask, hypocrisy. Let us denounce the visage and let us tear off the mask."

― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (1862)