Second Battle of Homs
1281 battle between Mamluks and Mongols / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the 1281 battle. For other uses, see Battle of Homs.
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Second Battle of Homs | |||||||
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of the Mongols (left) at the 1281 Battle of Homs. | |||||||
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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) | ||||||
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Strength | |||||||
40,000–50,000[2] |
30,000[3] | ||||||
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Very Heavy Losses | Very Heavy Losses |
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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]