On 8 Rabi Al-Nasser arrived to Damascus at the head of his army, reportedly with the mail coming from Aleppo and other Gazan crossing the Euphrates River, a huge army. 17 in the spring I came out of Damascus and was followed by Lashkar-e-Nasser with his army, and encamped in Homs, and sent Nasser Araban to observe the situation of the Mongols, they are gathering at the Vbulgh peaceful. [39]
The Magic of 18 spring I stepped out of Nasser from Homs to meet the Mongols. [40] [41] The soldiers ordered to give up spears and rely on swords and pin. [42] arrived Nasser to the Lawn complex - which, later known as Valley Khaznadar - The princes order soldiers and the organization of the rows. Aztec scholars preach combatants and overwhelmed their opponents even cried the impact of words and vulnerability. [43]
Several Muslim army about 20 thousand horsemen and his army was Ghazan in about 100 A, [44] and was composed of allied forces from the Kingdom of Qliqip, also known as the Kingdom of Armenia Minor. [45] [46]
Amir Isa bin halt occupations in the starboard at the head Araban, followed by Prince Bulban Tabackhe deputy at the head of Lashkar-e-Aleppo Aleppo and Hama. And stop at the top of soft Discuss fighting seven card Hajj, Tripoli and Prince Badr al-Din Baktash in several of the princes. The heart may stop Baybars Gachenker, Salar and APIC Khazindar in several of the princes. And stop al-Nasir Muhammad at a distance with Husam al-Din Agen Alostadar. [47] have been forced to retire Baybars Gachenker because of his sudden severe cramps prevent him from his horse stable. [48]
Gazan fighters is stable and non-movement to move it so that they can attack the army of Nasir attack one man. When he launched the forefront of Army Nasser, known Balzracon, oil-burning to the Mughal army, did not act contrary to the expectation Gazan Muslims, and has been at the forefront of its persistence even approached Muslims of him has subsided, fire, oil, Vahjm his army a single campaign. Launched ten thousand shares of Mongolian archers Vire Nhawwaerban starboard and pressed their army Araban Foley backs them and behind them the army of Aleppo, Hama Vhzmt starboard Muslim army. The soft-Nasser army has managed to shock starboard Ghazan shock collected and dispersed on the last of which was repulsed, and the loss of the Mongols in such shock about five thousand. And wrote about it to al-Nasir Muhammad dictatorial. [49]
Almost Ghazan pay backs deputy of Damascus summoned Qubjq Vcdjah and secure it to the coherence and pulled together and held one campaign to the heart of the Muslim army did not stand Salar and other princes, and took tower to the Army Gazan who followed them and started aiming the arrows on Oagafithm. Nasser saw the king give his army backs, and his successor, Army Ghazan ply him with arrows, so he cried and prayed, saying: "God does not make me Nhsa turned heel on the Muslims." [49] did not stay with Nasser of 12 non-Mamluk owned. [50]
Returned fighters soft Muslim army which defeated the starboard Ghazan to Homs Baghannaim after age, if they see their princes in the tower attached defeat, the Mongols turned back follow them they were astonished. However, the Gazan ordered its fighters to withdraw, fearing that the Muslims have set up Vnjua ambushed them.
The rest arrived Menhsmon to bake the time of sunset without equipment and weapon, after the Mongols other sheep was with them, cried with them the people of Homs: "God is God in the Muslims!", And then went to Damascus. [51]
On the basis of Al-killed in battle, many of the princes, and about fourteen thousand of the Mongols. [51] It should be noted that the Mamluks were usually counting the number of princes killed with no reference to the murdered one of the ordinary soldiers and volunteers. The menopausal years, the number of deaths on both sides was huge. [8]
[Edit] Mongols enter Damascus
Umayyad Mosque.
As soon as Menhsmon arrive in Damascus until the news of the arrival of Gazan, rushed to leave the city. [52] arrived Ghazan to the outskirts of Damascus after being looted safes Bowl and equipment the Army of Muslims in Homs, the Soviets picked noise of a great and people have fled the city in panic, and escaped about two hundred prisoners prisons, [53] and died of congestion in the doors for many people, who fled to the point of Egypt, many of them. [54] [55] and met who stayed in the city, the Umayyad Mosque and agreed to send the chief justice of Badr al-Din Muhammad and a jurist Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, in Several of the elders and judges of Damascus, Ghazan to the request of security, I went to when Nebek, and some of them before him the ground, and asked him to safety through an interpreter, he said to them "has sent you a security" and sent them away, then returned to Damascus, [56] [57] In read on Friday, Prince Ismail Tatar, who has brought security to the people of Damascus, the firman. No speeches in the mosques of Damascus to one of the kings that day. Two days later entered Ghazan Damascus and his deputy Qubjq Damascus. [58] [59]
The prince refused to theology Singer Al Mansoori, Deputy Damascus Citadel [60] known Borjoash undergo Ghazan, barricaded himself in the Citadel of Damascus, when he asked him Qubjq and Bactmr surrender on the grounds that the blood of Muslims in the neck denied insulting Spa ugly and said to them: "The blood of Muslims in the necks you because you were the reason at the coming of the Tatars. "[61] Ismail Tatar prince went to the judges and dignitaries Damascus, warning them of the consequences of non-surrender Orjoash and handed over the castle of the Mongols looted and threatened Damascus and killed everyone. They sent messengers to ask him to surrender was rejected have responded with profanities. [62]
On Friday 14 Rabi 696 of his speeches on the platform to Ghazan Damascus Bolkabh namely: "great Sultan Sultan of Islam and the Muslim world, and Muzaffar al-Din Mahmud Ghazan." And read to the people tradition Qubjq Damascus, Aleppo, Hama and Homs, and others, and mandate of the judges, preachers, and others, scattered dinars people Vfrhawwa. [63] [64] and looting of the Mongols and the Armenians of the Kingdom of Qliqip cities and burned mosques and schools and killed people. Armenians vandalized Salhia near Damascus, and killed and captured about 10,000 people fled enables them to Damascus. [65] took the Armenians the opportunity to defeat the Muslims, seized on a hill Hamdoun and others. [66] and the son of Taymiyah Ghazan Tel Rahat to complain of looting, sabotage and killing people Although not been able to grant security of the meeting concern for the consumption of alcohol. Gathered Balozyren Saad El-Din Rashid al-Din Vensahah to pay money. [65]
Monument Mongols catapult the castle, near the Great Mosque of Damascus and when he reached Orjoash that sent some of his men Vovsdoa and with it the Mongols, but the Mongols re-development of the catapult and they guard him, and turned the mosque into a bar, and they violated the sanctity and drank the wine and set off women Muslims, [67] has not done Isha prayer at this time. Orjoash sent a man to kill Almngeniqi Vahjm him with a knife and killed him is in the middle of the Mongols, and fled to the castle. He then Orjoash demolishing and burning around the castle so as not to conceal himself by the Mongols. [68]
Claimed the Mongols dependent upon funds from the people of Syria and giving it to the Treasury Ghazan. When finished collection left Ghazan Damascus to Persia, after he had Prince Qubjq Vice Damascus, Prince Bactmr Vice Aleppo and Homs and Hama, and Prince Alobaki deputy to Safed, Tripoli and the coast under the protection of his deputy Qtalo Shah, [69] [70] and a promise to return for the invasion of Egypt [21 ] writer: "I have let our representatives in Syria at the sixty thousand fighters, and our determination to return to at the time of the fall, and access to the Mufti of Egypt, and open." [53] after the departure of Ghazan continued looting and destruction of Damascus and break the Mongols doors of houses and looted by and burned a lot of role schools and school burned Adlip. [71] and the Mongols sacked the Jordan Valley even reached Jerusalem, and arrived in Gaza, where some men were killed in intercourse with her. [72] and said, tragic poets in the defeat:
Expensive and Ghazan and invasion and a raid and treachery and Igban distressed as a lieutenant. [73]
[Edit] the withdrawal of troops to Egypt, Nasser
In Egypt, it continued to receive the remnants of the soldiers and their common folk from Syria in the worst case, [74] after they were overwhelmed by torrential rain on a trip flight to Egypt, passing the roads muddy and could not be their sustenance. [3] was one of the fleeing to Egypt, the Sultan deposed fair Kitbugha who was the Sultan of Agen, was appointed as his deputy in the castle Srkhadd. After fleeing to Egypt with the fugitives entered in the service of Prince Salar. Sultan al-Nasir and returned to Egypt after they were dispersed, the military was left with only some of its properties, and entered the Citadel, on 12 Rabi [75] has been afflicted deep sorrow and suffered intense pain of this defeat suffered by the heinous. [76]
[Edit] reorganization of the army
Nasser began immediately after his return to Cairo, the organization of the army and equipped to take revenge against the Mongols. [76] and called the makers of weapons and collected money, horses, spears and swords from all over Egypt. The fee for returning soldiers spend a lot of money Fmnhawwa amend the conditions and renewed the equipment, and horses. [77] advocated the presence of the troops telling idle folk and distributed to the princes.
Magdi religion called Issa Vice Holland to take the advisory opinion of the scholars to take money from people to spend on the war. Gave a fatwa old sultan was Qtz have been used to take the dinars from each person before the Battle of Ain Goliath. But Sheikh Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn accurate Eid declined to give an advisory opinion in this regard, saying:
«I did not write to the King Abdul Salam Muzaffar Qtz even brought the rest of the princes in the king of gold, silver and jewelry of their wives and children and saw. And NATO, all of them it does not have only this. That was not enough, when he wrote to take the dinar from each one. But now Vibulgni that both princes have very much money, and others who equipped his daughters with jewels and Allali, and works the dish in which clean himself of it in the toilet of silver. And his wife Mjas studded jewelry items. »
Then decides to consider the money merchants and the rich, and taking what can be taken from each of them according to the capacity of each one. Imposed on each member of the rich merchants and ten dinars to one hundred dinars, and asked the elders traders money as a loan, Vtm collecting large sums. Despite the high costs and large numbers of displaced Sham but that did not greatly affects the economy of Egypt, the price of arms, but prices fell, there was no food shortage in the market. [78]
In the meantime, received news of the departure of Ghazan Cairo from Damascus, and the establishment of the Qubjq Vice, Nasser sent to Qubjq Bactmr and embrace loyalty to him, Fastjaba him. And left Qubjq from Damascus on his way to Egypt, seized the Prince Orjoash Damascus and re-engagement on behalf of King Al-Nasser after the interruption of a hundred days. [79] and walked Baybars Gachenker, Salar to Damascus, and sent soldiers to Aleppo, killing than he was a follower of Ghazan, some of them escaped to Ghazan identified him with guile; Qubjq it. And held just Katbugha Vice-keepers, [80] and remove the Orjoash and blessed him, and held on behalf of Qubjq Shobak. Nasser soldiers and marched on the Mount of the Druze, Druze committed, after asking for security, to re-gear and the money looted from the soldiers as they retreated to Egypt. [81]
Arrived in Cairo a delegation from the Gazan at the request of the peace and agreed Nasser Magistrate responded to Ghazan a message saying: "If the cover of King of Peace Jnhna them .. and the scenes of Tsavi recite the verse: (And remember God's grace be upon you, for you were enemies and He joined your hearts Vosubhtm grace brothers,), [ 82] attend, God willing, the peace included the best attendance, and get hold of the cursed one buttonhole Moadep not separation, dissolution, and settle the rules of the peace to that which pleases Allah and His Messenger, peace be upon him. "[76]
However, the request for a reconciliation Ghazan was, it seems, just a maneuver to buy time for him to learn about the preparations and movements of King Nasser. [76]
In Jumada II in AH 702 / AD 1303 and the news arrived from Aleppo that the Mughal army was about to march on Syria again. [83] went out Army-Nasser army of Egypt and joined Lashkar-e-Sham [84] [85] [86] and the two armies met on 2 Ramadan in the year 702 AH, corresponding to 20 years old April 1303, near Damascus, [87] in the battle known as the Battle of Marj al-Saffar, or the battle of Marj zero. And worn out by the Muslim army did well and defeated the Mughal army major victory of defeat and shame washed Khaznadar Valley.
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