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The Battle of Kili was fought in 1299 between the Mongols of the Chagatai Khanate and the Delhi Sultanate. The Mongols, led by Qutlugh Khwaja , invaded India, intending to conquer Delhi . When they encamped at Kili near Delhi, the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji led an army to check their advance.
Mongol offensives in the Levant, 1299–1300 In the summer of 1299, the Mongols under Ghazan successfully took the northern city of Aleppo and defeated the Mamluks in the Battle of Wadi al-Khazandar (also known as the 3rd Battle of Homs), on December 23 or 24, 1299. [ 27 ]
The Sultan of Egypt Al-Nasir Muhammad who was in Syria at the time marched with an army of 20,000 to 30,000 Mamluks (more, according to other sources) northwards from Damascus until he met the Mongols two to three Arab farsakhs (6–9 miles) north-east of Homs at Wadi al-Khaznadar on 22 December 1299 at 5 o'clock in the morning. [4]
On 25 February 1299, Alauddin ordered his army to prepare for the march to Gujarat. [7] According to Wassaf, the army comprised 14,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. [2] One section of the army started its march from Delhi, led by Nusrat Khan. Another section, led by Ulugh Khan, marched from Sindh, attacking Jaisalmer along the way.
Zafar Khan decisively defeated the invaders and took their leader to Delhi as a prisoner. In 1299, he was killed in the Battle of Kili against the Mongol invaders led by Qutlugh Khwaja. Before being killed in action, he inflicted heavy casualties on the Mongols, which was an important factor in the subsequent Mongol retreat.
John Giffard, Baron Giffard of Brimsfield (1232–1299) was an English nobleman prominent in the Second Barons' War and in Wales. His initial gift of land in Oxford led to the foundation of Gloucester College, Oxford .
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A translation of the Doctrine of Addai, now first edited in a complete form in the original Syriac, with an English translation and notes, by English orientalist George Phillips (1804–1892). [222] A partial translation was provided by English orientalist William Cureton (1808–1864) [223] in his Ancient Syriac Documents (1864). [224] Adelard ...