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Second Battle of Homs
34°43′23″N 36°42′52″E / 34.723185°N 36.714462°E
| Second Battle of Homs | |||||||
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 Retreat of the Mongols (left), 14th-century miniature | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Knights Hospitaller[1] |
 Mamluk sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Möngke Temür (WIA) Leo II Demetrius II |
Qalawun Shafi' bin Ali el-Masry (WIA) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
| 40,000–50,000[2] |
30,000[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Very heavy losses | Very heavy losses | ||||||
The Second Battle of Homs was fought in western Syria on 29 October 1281, between the armies of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire centered on Iran. The battle was part of Abaqa Khan's attempt at taking Syria from the Egyptians.[7][8]
- ^ Riley-Smith 2012, pp. 86–87.
- ^ Amitai-Preiss 1995, p. 194.
- ^ Waterson 2007, p. 178.
- ^ Waterson 2007, p. 179.
- ^ Amitai-Preiss 1995, p. 192.
- ^ Amitai-Preiss 1995, p. 188.
- ^ "Sneak peek into Egypt's Mamluk Bahri State". EgyptToday. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ Thorau, Peter (1992). The Lion of Egypt: Sultan Baybars I and the Near East in the thirteenth century. London; New York: Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-06822-3.
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