|
The Battle of `Ein Jalut
The Tartars, led by Hulagi, attacked Iraq, killed people and annihilated all aspects of culture there. They killed the Caliph and occupied Baghdad in 656 A.H. Then they occupied the Levant and came near to the Egyptian borders. Hulagi sent an envoy to the Egyptian Sultan threatening him to give up and submit to the power of the Tartars. But the Muslim Sultan resented that threat and declared Jihad (fighting non-Muslims enemy in the cause of Allah).
The Egyptian Sultan, Qutuz Ibn `Abdullah Al-Ma`zi, led the army along with Emir Pipers for Jihad and set out towards `Ein Jalut, a place in Palestine between Bisan and Napolis, where the Tartar forces gathered. On Friday, 15th of Ramadan, 658 A.H. war broke up between Muslims and Tartars. When chaos prevailed in the Muslim army, Sultan Qutuz took off his helmet and aroused the fighters’ enthusiasm shouting: “O Islam!” Then he went to the foremost of the army and fought against the Tartars and killed their commander.
The rest of the Tartars fled, but Muslim fighters followed them and killed them. Then they returned back with abundant booties. Then Qutuz conquered the rest of the Tartars in Damascus and regulated the affairs of the Islamic State. Sultan Qutuz was then martyred on Saturday, 16th of Dhul Qi`dah, 658 A.H. Hence, the blessed month of Ramadan, 658 A.H. witnessed Muslims’ victory over the Tartars, enemy of Islam, in `Ein Jalut, in Palestine, may Allah rescue it from the hands of the Jew.
|
