Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303)

Asia
Central Asia	Qara Khitai; Khwarezm;
West Asia	Caucasus Jraberd; ; Anatolia; Persia Nizari state; Baghdad; ; Levant Palestine; ;
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Southeast Asia	Vietnam; Burma (First, Second); Java;
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Europe (list)
	Kievan Rus; Volga Bulgaria; Cumania; Durdzuketi; Circassia; Alania; Poland (First, Second, Third); Hungary (First, Second); Holy Roman Empire; Bulgaria and Serbia; Latin Empire; Lithuania; Byzantine Thrace; Serbia; Gazaria;

Battle of Marj al-Saffar; (also called Battle of Shaqhab)
	Part of the Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
	; The Battle of Marj al-Saffar in context of the Mongol offensives in the Levant, 1299–1300
Date	April 20–22, 1303
Location	Ghabaghib, 25 miles south of Damascus in Syria
Result	Mamluk victory
Belligerents
Mamluk Sultanate;	Ilkhanate; Cilician Armenia;
Commanders and leaders
Sayf al-Din Salar; Baybars II; Al-Nasir Muhammad; Ibn Taymiyyah; Ibn al-Azkashi	Qutlugh-Shah; Mulay; Hethum II of Armenia
Strength
18,000–20,000	20,000–30,000
Casualties and losses
1,000	Unknown

The Battle of Marj al-Saffar (or Marj al-Suffar), also known as the Battle of Shaqhab, took place on April 20 through April 22, 1303 between the Mamluks and the Mongols and their Armenian allies near Kiswe, Syria, just south of Damascus. The battle has been influential in both Islamic history and contemporary time because of the controversial jihad against other Muslims and Ramadan related fatwas issued by Ibn Taymiyyah, who himself joined the battle.^[7] The battle, a disastrous defeat for the Mongols, put an end to Mongol invasions of the Levant.

^ Kurkjian, p. 206
^ Mazor, p. 123
^ Waterson, p. 210
^ Mazor, p. 123
^ Waterson, p. 210
^ Mazor, p. 124
^ Kadri, Sadakat (2012). Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia ... macmillan. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-09-952327-7.

[1] Kurkjian, p. 206

[2] Mazor, p. 123

[3] Waterson, p. 210

[4] Mazor, p. 123

[5] Waterson, p. 210

[6] Mazor, p. 124

[kadri--7] Kadri, Sadakat (2012). Heaven on Earth: A Journey Through Shari'a Law from the Deserts of Ancient Arabia ... macmillan. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-09-952327-7.

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