Chapter XIV

News of the death of Mangu, 1259.—Desire of Kutuz to take the field
against the Mongols.—Imprisonment of Hulagu’s envoy.—Meeting of the
two armies on the plain of Ain Jalut, 1260.—Defeat of the Mongols
by Kutuz.—Arrival of Kutuz in Damascus.—Pursuit of the Mongols by
Beibars.—Death of Kutuz, 1260.—Enthronement of Beibars.—Youth of
Beibars.—Yshmut, son of Hulagu, demands the surrender of
Mayafarkin.—Death of Kamil.—Attack of Yshmut on Mardin.—Kalif’s
investiture of Beibars with the sovereignty.—Departure from Cairo
of the Sultan and the Kalif, 1262.—Entrance of Mostansir into
Hitt.—Attack of Sanjar on the Mongols who were moving against
Mosul.—Death of Sanjar.—Siege of Mosul.—Slaughter of the
inhabitants of Mosul.—Death of Prince of Mosul.—Death of
Salih.—Visit of Salih, the Melik of Mosul, to Beibars in
Egypt.—Enthronement of Beibars.—Berkai’s criticism of
Hulagu.—Defeat of Hulagu by Nogai.—Return of Hulagu to
Tebriz.—Letter of Beibars to Berkai.—Detention of envoys by Michael
Palæologus.—Desire of Berkai for an alliance against Hulagu.—Attack
of Hayton, King of Cilicia, on Egyptian territory.—Death of Seif ud
din Bitikdji, 1263.—Troubles in Fars.—Reception of Seljuk Shah at
the Oxus, by Hulagu.—Death of Abu Bekr, 1260.—Accession of Mohammed
Shah to the throne of Fars, 1262.—Death of Seljuk Shah.—Uns Khatun
placed on the throne of Fars, 1264.—Sherif ud din claims to be the
Mahdi promised by the Shiites.—March of the Mongols against Sherif
ud din.—Siege of El Biret, 1264.—Death of Hulagu, 1265.—Death of
Hulagu’s wife Dokuz Khatun.—Berkai’s second campaign to the
Caucasus, 1264.—Death of Berkai, 1266.—Nogai’s army retreats on
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