Battle of ‘Ain Jalut, (‘Ayn-Jalut)

Solid Dark Brown = steep hill, impassable to all figures.
Dark Brown Lines marked “A” = 1 MU wide gulleys and are possible ambush locations for the Mamluk Player. Up to 6 “LH” may be placed at either of these locations in ambush at the start of the battle.
Lt brown = gentle hill, slopes count as “uneven”.
Blue, The Nahr Jalut stream is for scenery only, it does cost any movement penalty.

Troop dispositions: (#’s = stands)

Egyptians:

Baybars:
1 General: (Field Commander)
6 Mamluks: cavalry, armored, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
4 Al-Halqa: cavalry, armored, average, drilled, lancer, swordsmen.
8 Al-Halqa: cavalry, armored, average, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
8 Bedouin “Lancers”: light horse, unprotected, average, undrilled, lancers, swordsmen.
4 Kurds: cavalry, armored, superior, undrilled, lancer, swordsmen.

Sultan Qutuz:
1 General: (Field Commander)
8 Royal Mamlukes: cavalry, armored, elite, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
6 Mamluks: cavalry, armored, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
8 Al-Halqa: cavalry, armored, superior, drilled, lancer, swordsmen.
8 Al-Halqa: cavalry, armored, average, drilled, bow, swordsmen.

Al-Mansur Mohammad:
1 General: (Field Commander)
4 Mamlukes: cavalry, armored, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
4 Al-Halqa: cavalry, armored, average, drilled, lancer, swordsmen.
8 Al-Halqa: cavalry, armored, average, drilled, bow, swordsmen
4 Syrians: cavalry, armored, average, undrilled, lancer, swordsmen.
8 “Turkomen”: light horse, unprotected, average, undrilled, bow, swordsmen.

Mongols:

Baydar:
1 General: (Field Commander)
12 Mongols: light horse, unprotected, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
4 Syrians: cavalry, armored, average, undrilled, lancer, swordsmen.
2 Armenians: knights, superior, undrilled, lancer, swordsmen.
4 Georgians: cavalry, armored, superior, undrilled, bow, swordsmen.

Ketbugha:
1 General: (Field Commander)
12 Mongols: light horse, unprotected, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
8 Mongols: cavalry, armored, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.

Al-Ashrat Musa:
1 General: (Field Commander)
12 Mongols: light horse, unprotected, superior, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
6 Mongols: cavalry, protected, average, drilled, bow, swordsmen.
6 Seljuk Turks: light horse, unprotected, average, undrilled, bow, swordsmen.

Troop notes:

Both sides contained “Syrian” Heavy Cavalry units which were actually remnants of the prior Ayyubid State’s Amirs and their respective retainers.

*The Ilkhanids are listed in most sources as having two Tuman (usually 10,000 men each) present at the battle, but most modern scholars believe they had only 10-12,000 troops present at the battle (at most!) so these may have been two under strength Tuman, or one reinforced one.

Battle Groups may be assigned as you see fit so long as they concur with the regulations listed in the “Swords and Scimitars” companion book.

Normal army withdrawl/ victory conditions are used but it should be considered a “major victory” if either side kills either “Sultan Qutuz” or Ketbugha”.

At the Battle of ‘Ain Jalut on September 3, 1260, the Mamluks of Egypt delivered a sharp check to the Mongol advance in the Middle East. Dissension among the Mongol khans prevented them from avenging the defeat.

As HÜLE’Ü (r. 1256–65) brought Aleppo and Damascus under Mongol rule, he sent envoys demanding the surrender of Egypt. Sultan Qutuz (r. 1259–60) of MAMLUK EGYPT had already welcomed a plethora of Muslim forces fleeing the Mongol advance, including his great successor, Baybars Bunduqdari (“the arbalester,” r. 1260–77). On Baybars’s counsel, Qutuz sawed the Mongol envoys in half and advanced into Palestine on July 26 with Baybars as vanguard.

Hüle’ü had meantime received the news of the death of MÖNGKE KHAN and returned to Ahlât in Armenia on June 6, 1260. KED-BUQA of the Naiman tribe remained in Syria with a single tümen (10,000) of Mongols, 500 Armenians, and Syrian auxiliaries. When the Mongol vanguard at Gaza was driven back into northern Palestine, Ked-Buqa advanced to ‘Ain Jalut (“Goliath’s Spring,” near modern Bet She’an in Israel).

When the Mamluks approached on September 3, the Mongols charged the Mamluks’ left wing twice, nearly putting them to flight। Qutuz rallied the lines until the weight of his greater numbers showed, and the smaller Mongol force was surrounded on three sides. (Half of the Syrians had quickly deserted.) Ked-Buqa refused to retreat and was captured and beheaded, while other Mongol units were surrounded and destroyed. After the battle the Mamluks swept north into Syria, killing the Mongol overseers (DARUGHACHI) and capturing Ked-Buqa’s base camp and family.

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