Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303)

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	Mongol Ilkhanate Cilician Armenia[1]
Commanders and leaders
Sayf al-Din Salar Baybars II Al-Nasir Muhammad Ibn Taymiyyah	Qutlugh-Shah Mulay Hethum II of Armenia
Strength
18,000–20,000[2][3]	20,000–30,000[4][5]
Casualties and losses
1,000[6]	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.