Hulagu himself had to go north, for his brother in the Golden Horde was inclining toward Islam and was horrified by Hulagu’s treatment of the faithful. The Khan kept most of his troops in the north, but sent his general Kitbogha to deal with the Egyptians.
Kitbogha commanded mainly Turks, drawn in fact from much the same sources as the Mameluks he was facing. The Egyptian Mameluks raised an army commanded by the Sultan Qutuz and his great general Baibars. At Ain Jalut (the Springs of Goliath) near Nazareth, the two armies met (September 1260). It was a ferocious battle, but Baibars distinguished himself. The Mongols were defeated and Kitbogha was killed, supposedly by Baibars himself.
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