What the records say
- When
- 28 Apr 1303 – 30 Apr 1303
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 33.36° N, 36.25° E
- Description
- 1303 battle in the Egyptian-Ilkhanid War
Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303)
Battle in the Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
The Battle of Marj al-Saffar, also known as the Battle of Shaqhab, took place on April 20 through April 22, 1303 between the Egyptian 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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Marj al-Saffar: Egyptian Mamluk forces (some 20,000 men) under Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad defeat a Mongol army and their Armenian allies led by…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “bataille de Shaqhab”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page