Abstract:

With the decline of Anatolian Seljuks State, predominance conflict of IlkhanidMamluk had been arised in Anatolia. After the murdering of Mu’in al-din Sulayman Parwana, Ilkanids ruled the Anatolia by the assigned managers. By capturing the Anatolia which was extremely important in terms of security of Egypt and Syria regions, Mamluk’s ruler Baibars aimed both to meet the cash needs of the state and to protect the capital Cairo and the Syria’s administrative center of Damascus against to Ilkhanids. He returned from Anatolia from where he moved for his purpose by misfiring. The Mamluk’s Anatolian policy of which the bases were done by Baibars was turned into perceptible achievements in the period of Qalawun. Historically important border (sugur) cities as Kahta, Behisne and Gerger were passed to the contol of Mamluk. With the entering of Kal’at al-Rum which was one of the great cities on the Euphrates route under the Mamluk’s predominace, the conflict between Ilkhanids and Mamluks began again. Since the borders of Mamluk was extended over Melitene, Ilkhanids took serious precautions. In this period, Melitene was used as a patrol against to potential attacks from Mamluk and a military base for military actions to this state. Mamluk’s ruler al-Malik al-Nasir Muhammad sent in the troops to Melitene for holding the attacks to Kal’at al-Rum from Melitene. The army of Mamluks which was composed of the military forces of Egypt, Damascus, Safed, Tripoli, Hims (Emesa) and Hama was moved to Melitene under the leadership of the governor of Damascus’s Saif al-din Tengiz. After the city being seized and pillaged for three days, the rulers were taken captured. Ilkhanid’s commander (Noyin-i Azim) Amir Choban rapidly returned in his fief, Melitene, and provided the security of the city with the restoration of it

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