Franko-mo'g'ul ittifoqi - Franco-Mongol alliance - Wikipedia

1305 xat (302 x 50 santimetr (9,91 x 1,64 fut) o'lchamdagi rulon) Ilxon mo'g'ulidan. Öljaytu qirolga Fransiyalik Filipp IV, harbiy hamkorlikni taklif qiladi

A-ga bir nechta urinishlar Franko-mo'g'ul ittifoqi qarshi Islom xalifaligi, ularning umumiy dushmani, orasida turli rahbarlar tomonidan qilingan Frank Salibchilar va Mo'g'ul imperiyasi XIII asrda. Bunday ittifoq aniq tanlov bo'lib tuyulishi mumkin edi: mo'g'ullar xristian diniga xayrixoh edilar, chunki ko'plab nufuzli odamlar bor edi Nestorian nasroniylari mo'g'ullar sudida. The Franks (G'arbiy Evropaliklar va Salibchilar davlatlari ning Levant^[1]) Sharq tomonidan qo'llab-quvvatlash g'oyasi uchun ochiq edi, qisman afsonaviy afsonaning afsonasi tufayli Jon Jon, ko'pchilik bir kun kelib Muqaddas erdagi salibchilar yordamiga keladi, deb ishongan Sharq qirolligidagi Sharqiy shoh.^[2][3] Franklar va mo'g'ullar musulmonlarda ham umumiy dushmani bo'lishgan. Biroq, bir necha o'n yillar davomida ko'plab xabarlar, sovg'alar va emissarlarga qaramay, ko'pincha taklif qilingan ittifoq hech qachon samara bermadi.^[2][4]

Evropaliklar va mo'g'ullar o'rtasidagi aloqa 1220 yil atrofida boshlandi, papa va Evropa monarxlari mo'g'ul rahbarlariga vaqti-vaqti bilan xabar yuborishdi. Buyuk Xon, va keyinchalik Ilxonlar mo'g'ullarda fath qilingan Fors. Aloqa tez-tez uchrab turadigan tendentsiyani kuzatib bordi: evropaliklar mo'g'ullardan g'arbiy nasroniylikni qabul qilishlarini so'rashdi, mo'g'ullar esa bo'ysunish va o'lpon talablari bilan javob berishdi. Mo'g'ullar Osiyo bo'ylab yurishganda va xristian va musulmon xalqlarini bosib olgan edilar Olamutning Nizarislari va musulmon Abbosiy va Ayyubid sulolalar, keyingi bir necha avlodlar uchun mintaqada qolgan islomiy hokimiyat - Misr bilan kurashdilar Mamluklar. Xetum I, nasroniy millatining shohi Kilikiya Armaniston, 1247 yilda mo'g'ullarga bo'ysungan va boshqa monarxlarni nasroniy-mo'g'ullar ittifoqiga qo'shilishga qattiq da'vat etgan, ammo faqat kuyovi knyazni ishontira olgan. Bohemond VI salibchilar davlatining Antioxiya 1260 yilda topshirgan. Salibchilar kabi boshqa nasroniy rahbarlari Akr mo'g'ullarga nisbatan ishonchsizroq bo'lib, ularni mintaqadagi eng muhim tahdid deb bilgan. Akroning baronlari musulmon mamluklar bilan g'ayrioddiy passiv ittifoq tuzdilar, bu esa Misr qo'shinlariga mo'g'ullarni jalb qilish va mag'lub etish uchun salibchilar hududi orqali raqobatsiz o'tishga imkon berdi. Ayn Jalut jangi 1260 yilda.^[5]

Mo'g'ullarni qo'rqish kerak bo'lgan dushman sifatida qabul qilishdan, musulmonlarga qarshi potentsial ittifoqchilargacha bo'lgan Evropaning munosabatlari 1260-yillarning o'rtalarida o'zgarishni boshladi. Mo'g'ullar bundan foydalanishga intilib, evropaliklarga hamkorlik evaziga qayta bosib olingan Quddusni va'da qildilar. Ittifoqni o'rnatishga urinishlar Forsdagi mo'g'ul Ilxonligining ko'plab rahbarlari bilan muzokaralar orqali davom etdi Xulagu uning avlodlari orqali Abaqa, Argun, G'azon va Öljaytu, ammo muvaffaqiyatsiz. Mo'g'ullar Suriyani bosib oldi 1281-1312 yillarda bir necha marotaba, ba'zida franklar bilan qo'shma operatsiyalarni amalga oshirishda urinishlar bo'lgan, ammo katta moddiy-texnik qiyinchiliklar kuchlarni bir necha oylik masofada kelishini, hech qachon faoliyatni hech qanday samarali tarzda muvofiqlashtira olmasligini anglatardi.^[6] Mo'g'ullar imperiyasi oxir-oqibat fuqarolar urushiga aylanib ketdi va Misr mamluklari muvaffaqiyatli butun Falastin va Suriyani salibchilaridan qaytarib olishdi. Keyin Akrning qulashi 1291 yilda qolgan salibchilar orolga chekinishdi Kipr. Ular kichik orolda plyajbozlik o'rnatishga so'nggi urinishdi Ruad sohillari yaqinida Tortoza, yana mo'g'ullar bilan harbiy harakatlarni muvofiqlashtirish maqsadida, lekin reja amalga oshmadi va musulmonlar bunga javoban orolni qamal qilishdi. Bilan Ruadning qulashi 1302 yilda salibchilar Muqaddas erdagi so'nggi o'rnini yo'qotdilar.^[7]

Zamonaviy tarixchilar franklar va mo'g'ullar o'rtasidagi ittifoq mintaqadagi kuchlar muvozanatini o'zgartirishda muvaffaqiyat qozongan bo'larmidi va bu evropaliklarning oqilona tanlovi bo'lganmi deb bahslashmoqdalar.^[8] An'anaga ko'ra mo'g'ullar tashqi partiyalarni sub'ekt yoki dushman sifatida ko'rishga moyil edilar, o'rtada ittifoqchi kabi tushunchaga joy kam edi.^[9][10]

Orqa fon (1209–1244)

G'arbiy evropaliklar orasida uzoq vaqtdan beri mish-mishlar va Sharqdan buyuk nasroniy ittifoqdoshi keladi degan taxminlar bo'lgan. Ushbu mish-mishlar ilgari tarqaldi Birinchi salib yurishi (1096-1099) va salibchilar jangda yutqazgandan keyin odatda mashhurlik darajasi oshdi. Nomi bilan tanilgan shaxs haqida afsona paydo bo'ldi Jon Jon, uzoq Hindistonda yashagan, Markaziy Osiyo, yoki ehtimol hatto Efiopiya. Ushbu afsona o'z hayotini rivojlantirdi va Sharqdan kelgan ba'zi shaxslarni ular uzoq kutilgan Prester Jon yuborgan kuchlar bo'lishi mumkin degan umidlar bilan kutib olishdi. 1210 yilda mo'g'ullar janglari haqida G'arbga yangiliklar keldi Kuchlug (1218-yilda vafot etgan), asosan nasroniylar qabilasining etakchisi Naymanlar. Kuchlugning kuchlari kuchlilar bilan kurash olib borgan Xrizmiy imperiyasi, uning rahbari musulmon bo'lgan Xrizmlik Muhammad II. Evropada Kuchlug afsonaviy Prester Jon degan mish-mishlar tarqaldi va yana Sharqdagi musulmonlarga qarshi kurash olib bordi.^[11]

Davomida Beshinchi salib yurishi (1213–1221), chunki nasroniylar Misr shahrini muvaffaqiyatsiz qamal qilmoqdalar Damietta, Prester Jon afsonasi haqiqat bilan to'qnashdi Chingizxon tez rivojlanayotgan imperiya.^[11] Mo'g'ullarning bosqinchi partiyalari sharqiy islom dunyosiga bostirib kira boshladilar Transsoxaniya va Fors 1219–1221 yillarda.^[12] Salibchilar o'rtasida mish-mishlar tarqaldi: "Xindlarning nasroniy shohi", yo Prester Jon yoki uning avlodlaridan biri bo'lgan podshoh Dovud, Sharqda musulmonlarga hujum qilgan va xristianlarga salib yurishlarida yordam berish uchun ketayotgan edi.^[13] Yuborilgan xatda 1221 yil 20-iyun, Papa Honorius III hatto "Muqaddas erni qutqarish uchun Uzoq Sharqdan kelgan kuchlar" haqida izoh berdi.^[14]

1227 yilda Chingizxon vafotidan keyin uning imperiyasi avlodlari tomonidan to'rt qismga bo'lingan yoki Xonliklar fuqarolik urushiga aylanib ketgan. Shimoli-g'arbiy Qipchoq Deb nomlanuvchi xonlik Oltin O'rda Evropaga, birinchi navbatda, Vengriya va Polsha orqali kengayib, uning rahbarlari bir vaqtning o'zida mo'g'ullar poytaxtida o'z qarindoshlari hukmronligiga qarshi chiqishdi. Ilxonlik nomi bilan tanilgan janubi-g'arbiy qism Chingizxon nabirasi rahbarligida edi Xulagu. U akasi Buyuk Xonni qo'llab-quvvatlashni davom ettirdi va shuning uchun Oltin O'rda bilan urush olib bordi, shu bilan birga Fors va Muqaddas erga qarab yurishni davom ettirdi.^[15]

Papa uverturalari (1245–1248)

1246 ta xat dan Guyuk ga Papa begunoh IV, yozilgan Fors tili

G'arbiy Evropa va Mo'g'ul imperiyasi o'rtasidagi birinchi rasmiy aloqa o'rtasida sodir bo'lgan Papa begunoh IV (fl. 1243–1254) va Buyuk Xonlar quruqlikka yuborilgan maktublar va elchilar orqali va o'z manzillariga yetib kelishlari uchun bir necha yillar ketishi mumkin edi. Aloqa Evropa-Mo'g'ul aloqalarida odatiy holga aylanishi kerak edi: Evropaliklar mo'g'ullardan nasroniylikni qabul qilishlarini so'raydilar va mo'g'ullar bo'ysunish talablari bilan javob berishardi.^[9][16]

The Mo'g'ullarning Evropaga bosqini qisman Buyuk Xonning vafoti tufayli 1242 yilda tugadi Ögedei, Chingizxonning vorisi. Bitta Buyuk Xon vafot etganida, imperiyaning barcha qismlaridan mo'g'ullar poytaxtga chaqirilib, keyingi Buyuk Xon kim bo'lishini hal qilishdi.^[17] Bu orada mo'g'ullarning g'arb tomon tinimsiz yurishlari ko'chib ketgan Xavarizmi turklari, o'zlari g'arbga ko'chib, oxir-oqibat Misrdagi Ayyubid musulmonlari bilan ittifoq qildilar.^[18] Yo'lda turklar 1244 yilda Quddusni nasroniylardan tortib olgan. Keyingi yo'qotishdan keyin La Forbi jangi, Nasroniy shohlari yangi salib yurishiga tayyorlana boshladilar Ettinchi salib yurishi ), 1245 yil iyun oyida Papa Innokent IV tomonidan e'lon qilingan Lionning birinchi kengashi.^[19][20] Quddusning yo'qotilishi ba'zi evropaliklarning mo'g'ullarga xristian olamining potentsial ittifoqchilari sifatida qarashlariga sabab bo'ldi, agar mo'g'ullar konvertatsiya qilinishi mumkin bo'lsa G'arbiy nasroniylik.^[4] 1245 yil mart oyida Papa Innokent IV bir necha marta chiqargan edi papa buqalari, ularning ba'zilari elchi bilan birga yuborilgan Frantsiskan Plano Karpinidan Jon, "Tatar imperatori" ga. Endi deb nomlangan maktubda Solum bo'lmagan jum, Papa Innokent tinchlik istagini bildirdi va mo'g'ullar hukmdoridan xristian bo'lishni va nasroniylarni o'ldirishni to'xtatishni so'radi.^[21] Biroq, yangi mo'g'ullar Buyuk Xoni Guyuk, o'rnatilgan Qoraqorum 1246 yilda faqat papaning bo'ysunishini talab qilish va G'arb hukmdorlarining mo'g'ullar kuchiga hurmat bilan tashrif buyurishi bilan javob berdi:^[22]

Siz samimiy yurak bilan aytishingiz kerak: "Men sizga bo'ysunaman va xizmat qilaman". O'zingiz, barcha knyazlarning boshida, darhol xizmat qilish uchun kelib, bizni kuting! O'sha paytda men sizning topshirishingizni tan olaman. Agar siz Xudoning buyrug'iga rioya qilmasangiz va mening buyrug'imni e'tiborsiz qoldirsangiz, men sizni dushmanim deb bilaman.

— Guyuk Xonniki xat Papa Innokent IV, 1246 ga^[23]

1245 yilda Papa Innokent tomonidan yuborilgan ikkinchi missiyani Dominikan Lombardiya Ascelini,^[24] mo'g'ul qo'mondoni bilan uchrashgan Bayju yaqinida Kaspiy dengizi 1247 yilda. Bog'dodni qo'lga kiritishni rejalashtirgan Bayju ittifoq tuzish imkoniyatini mamnuniyat bilan qabul qildi va o'z elchilari orqali Rimga xabar yubordi. Aiba va Serkis. Keyin ular bir yildan so'ng Papa Innokentning maktubi bilan qaytib kelishdi, Viam agnoscere veritatis, unda u mo'g'ullarga "tahlikalarini to'xtatish" ga murojaat qildi.^[25][26]

Xristian vassallari

Ilxonlik mo'g'ullari Muqaddas er tomon harakatlanishni davom etar ekan, shahar-shahar mo'g'ullar tasarrufiga o'tdi. Mo'g'ullarning odatiy namunasi mintaqaga taslim bo'lish uchun bitta imkoniyat berish edi. Maqsadga erishilgan bo'lsa, mo'g'ullar o'zlarining mo'g'ul armiyasiga xalq va jangchilarni jalb qilishdi, keyinchalik ular imperiyani yanada kengaytirish uchun foydalanadilar. Agar jamoat taslim bo'lmasa, mo'g'ullar turar-joy yoki turar-joylarni zo'rlik bilan olib, topilganlarning hammasini o'ldirdilar.^[27] Yaqin atrofdagi mo'g'ullar qo'shiniga bo'ysundirish yoki ularga qarshi kurashish imkoniyatiga duch kelgan ko'plab jamoalar birinchisini tanladilar, shu qatorda ba'zi nasroniylik sohalarini ham.^[28]

1248 dan xat Konstablni Sempad ga Kiprlik Genri I va Jan d'Ibelin

Nasroniy Gruziya 1220 yildan boshlab va 1243 yildan qirolicha bir necha bor hujumga uchragan Rusudan rasmiy ravishda mo'g'ullarga bo'ysundi va Gruziyani vassal davlatga aylantirdi, keyinchalik mo'g'ullar harbiy istilosida doimiy ittifoqqa aylandi.^[29] Kilikiya Armanistonidan Xetum I 1247 yilda topshirilgan va keyingi yillarda boshqa monarxlarni nasroniy-mo'g'ul ittifoqiga kirishga undagan.^{[30][31][32][33][34]} U akasini yubordi Sempad Qoraqurumdagi mo'g'ullar sudiga va Sempadning mo'g'ullar haqidagi ijobiy xatlari Evropa doiralarida ta'sirli bo'lgan.^[35]

Antioxiya

The Antioxiya knyazligi 1098 yilda Birinchi salib yurishi davrida tashkil topgan eng salibchilar davlatlaridan biri bo'lgan. Mo'g'ullar avj olgan paytda, u hukmronligi ostida edi Bohemond VI. Bohemond ham qaynotasi Xetum I ning ta'siri ostida 1260 yilda Antioxiyani Xulaguga topshirdi.^[30][36][37] Mo'g'ullar vakili va mo'g'ullar garnizoni poytaxt shahrida joylashgan Antioxiya, bu erda ular 1268 yilda knyazlik mamluklar tomonidan yo'q qilinmaguncha qoldi.^[38][39] Bohemond, shuningdek, mo'g'ullar tomonidan a-ning tiklanishini qabul qilishni talab qilgan Yunon pravoslav patriarxi, Evtimiy, mo'g'ullar bilan aloqalarni mustahkamlashning bir usuli sifatida Vizantiyaliklar. Ushbu sodiqlik evaziga Xulagu 1243 yilda musulmonlarga boy berilgan Antioxiyaning barcha hududlarini Bohemondga mukofotladi.^[40] Biroq, mo'g'ullar bilan bo'lgan munosabati uchun Bohemond ham vaqtincha chiqarib yuborilgan Jak Pantaleon, Lotin Quddus Patriarxi, ammo bu 1263 yilda bekor qilingan.^[41]

Taxminan 1262 yoki 1263 yillarda mamluklar etakchisi Baybarlar Antioxiyaga hujum qilishga urinib ko'rdi, ammo knyazlik mo'g'ullar aralashuvi bilan qutqarildi.^[42] Keyingi yillarda mo'g'ullar bu qadar qo'llab-quvvatlay olmadilar. 1264–1265 yillarda mo'g'ullar faqat chegara qal'asiga hujum qila oldilar al-Bira. 1268 yilda Baybarlar Antioxiyaning qolgan qismini butunlay bosib olib, 170 yillik knyazlikni tugatdilar.^[43][44]

1271 yilda Baibars Bohemondga xat yuborib, uni butunlay yo'q qilish bilan qo'rqitdi va uni mo'g'ullar bilan ittifoqi uchun haqorat qildi:

Sariq bayroqlarimiz sizning qizil bayroqlaringizni qaytarib yubordi va qo'ng'iroqlar ovozi chaqiriq bilan almashtirildi: "Olloh Akbar! "... Devorlaringizni va cherkovlaringizni ogohlantiringki, tez orada bizning qamal mashinalarimiz ular bilan shug'ullanadi, ritsarlaringiz tez orada qilichlarimiz o'zlarini uylariga taklif qilishadi ... Shunda biz Abaga bilan ittifoqingiz qanday foyda keltirishini bilib olamiz.

— Baibarsdan Bohemond VI ga xat, 1271 yil^[45]

Bohemonddan boshqa mulksiz qoldi Tripoli okrugi 1289 yilda Mamluklar qo'liga tushishi kerak edi.^[46]

Sent-Luis va mo'g'ullar

Frantsiya Louis IX o'zining salib yurishlari davomida mo'g'ullar bilan aloqada bo'lgan. Uning birinchi tashabbusi paytida Outremer, u bilan uchrashishdi 1248 yil 20-dekabr Kiprda nestoriyalik ikki mo'g'ul elchisi tomonidan Mosul nomlangan Devid va Mark Forsda mo'g'ullar qo'mondonidan xat olib kelgan, Eljigidei.^[47] Maktubning bo'ysunish uchun ilgari qo'ygan talablariga qaraganda xatda murosali ohang bildirilgan edi va Eljigideyning elchilari Misr va Suriyadagi musulmonlarning kuchlarni birlashtirishiga yo'l qo'ymaslik uchun Bag'dodga hujum qilganida qirol Lui Misrga tushishi kerak degan taklifni ilgari surdilar.^[48] Lui javoban elchi yubordi Longjumoning Endryusi Buyuk Xonga Guyuk, ammo Guyuk elchi uning huzuriga kelguncha ichkilikdan vafot etdi. Guyukning bevasi O'g'il Qaymish shunchaki emissarga har yili o'lpon yuborishni davom ettirishga ko'rsatma berib, qirol Luisga qaytarib berish uchun sovg'a va kamsituvchi xat berdi.^[49][50][51]

Lui Misrga qarshi kampaniyasi yaxshi o'tmadi. U Damiettani muvaffaqiyatli qo'lga kiritdi, ammo butun qo'shinini yo'qotdi Al Mansurah jangi va o'zi Misrliklar tomonidan asirga olingan. Oxir oqibat uning ozod qilinishi evaziga to'lov evaziga muzokaralar olib borildi (ularning ba'zilari qarz edi Templar ) va Damietta shahrining taslim bo'lishi.^[52] Bir necha yil o'tgach, 1253 yilda u ikkalasi o'rtasida ham ittifoqchilar izladi Ismoiliy Qotillar va mo'g'ullar.^[53] U Xetumning ukasi, arman zodagonlari Sempadning mo'g'ullar haqida yaxshi gapiradigan xatini ko'rgach, Lui fransiskani yubordi. Uilyam Rubuk mo'g'ullar sudiga. Ammo mo'g'ullar rahbari Mongke 1254 yilda Uilyam orqali faqatgina podshohning mo'g'ul hokimiyatiga bo'ysunishini so'rab xat yuborgan.^[54]

Lui ikkinchi salib yurishini amalga oshirishga harakat qildi Sakkizinchi salib yurishi 1270 yilda. Mo'g'ul Ilxonligi rahbari Abaqa salibchilar Falastinga tushishi bilanoq IX Luiga harbiy yordam taklif qildi, ammo Lui o'rniga Tunis zamonaviy Tunis. Uning maqsadi, avval Tunisni bosib olish, keyin Misrdagi Iskandariyaga etib borish uchun o'z qo'shinlarini qirg'oq bo'ylab olib borish edi.^[55] Frantsuz tarixchilari Alen Demurger va Jan Richard, bu salib yurishi hali ham mo'g'ullar bilan muvofiqlashtirishga urinish bo'lishi mumkin, deb taxmin qilmoqda, chunki Luqo Abaqaning 1270 yilda o'z kuchlarini bajara olmaslik haqidagi xabaridan keyin Suriya o'rniga Tunisga hujum qilgan bo'lishi mumkin va kampaniyani 1271 yilga qoldiring.^[56][57] Tunisda Vizantiya imperatori, armanlar va Abaqaning mo'g'ullari elchilari bo'lgan, ammo voqealar Lui kasal bo'lib vafot etganida salib yurishni davom ettirish rejalarini to'xtatdi.^[57] Afsonaga ko'ra, uning so'nggi so'zi "Quddus" bo'lgan.^[58]

Ilxonlik bilan aloqalar

Xulagu (1256–1265)

Xulagu Xon, Chingizxonning nabirasi edi shamanist, ammo shunga qaramay nasroniylikka juda bag'rikeng edi. Uning onasi Sorgaghtani Beki, uning sevimli rafiqasi Do'kuz Xatun, va uning eng yaqin hamkasblari Nestorian nasroniylari edi. Uning eng muhim generallaridan biri, Kitbuqa, Nayman qabilasining Nestorian nasroniysi edi.^[4]

1238 yilda Evropa qirollari Frantsiya Louis IX va Angliyalik Edvard I ning taklifini rad etdi Nizari Imom Alamutlik Muhammad III va Abbosiy xalifa Al-Mustansir mo'g'ullarga qarshi musulmon-nasroniy ittifoqi uchun. Keyinchalik ular barcha musulmonlarga qarshi mo'g'ullarga qo'shilishdi.^[59][60] Mo'g'ullar va ularning nasroniy vassallari o'rtasidagi harbiy hamkorlik 1258–1260 yillarda sezilarli bo'lib qoldi. Xulagu armiyasi uning xristian sub'ektlari Antioxiyadagi Bohemond VI, Armanistonlik Xetum I va nasroniy gruzinlar kuchlari bilan davrning eng qudratli ikki sulolasi - Bag'doddagi Abbosiylar va Suriyadagi Ayyubidlarni yo'q qildi.^[15]

Bag'dodning qulashi (1258)

Mo'g'ullarning Bag'dodga hujumi (1258)

The Abbosiylar xalifaligi tomonidan tashkil etilgan Abu al-Abbos 'Abdulloh ibn Muhammad as-Saffoiy, ning nabirasi Muhammad amaki Abbos, 749 yilda Afrikaning shimoli-sharqida, Arabistonda va Yaqin Sharqda hukmronlik qilgan, garchi ularning hukmronligi 1258 yilga kelib faqat Iroqning janubiy va markaziy qismiga qisqargan. Taxminan 500 yil davomida Abbosiylarning hokimiyat o'rni Bag'dod bo'lib, u Islomning javohiri deb hisoblangan va dunyodagi eng yirik va qudratli shaharlardan biri bo'lgan. Ammo mo'g'ullar hujumi ostida shahar qulab tushdi 1258 yil 15-fevral, musulmon dunyosida ko'pincha Islom tarixidagi eng halokatli voqea, oxirigacha yo'qotish deb hisoblanadigan yo'qotish Islomiy Oltin Asr. Xristian gruzinlar devorlarni buzgan birinchi shaxslar bo'lgan va bu tarixchi tomonidan tasvirlangan Stiven Runciman, "ularni yo'q qilishda ayniqsa qattiq edi".^[61] Hulagu shaharni bosib olgach, mo'g'ullar binolarni buzib tashladilar, butun mahallalarni yoqib yuborishdi va deyarli barcha erkaklar, ayollar va bolalarni qatl etishdi. Ammo Duqus Xatunning aralashuvi bilan nasroniy aholisi saqlanib qoldi.^[62]

Hulagu va qirolicha Duqz Xatun suriyalik Bibliyada yangi "Konstantin va Xelen" sifatida tasvirlangan^[63][64]

Osiyo nasroniylari uchun Bag'dodning qulashi bayram qilish uchun sabab bo'lgan.^[65][66][67] Xulagu va uning nasroniy malikasi nasroniylik dushmanlariga qarshi Xudoning malaylari sifatida qaraldi,^[66] va 4-asrning nufuzli nasroniy imperatori bilan taqqoslangan Buyuk Konstantin va uning hurmatli imperatori onasi, Avliyo Xelen, xristian cherkovining belgisi. Arman tarixchisi Gandzakning Kirakoslari uchun matnlarda mo'g'ul qirol juftligini maqtagan Arman cherkovi,^[63][65][68] va Bar Hebraeus, episkopi Suriyalik pravoslav cherkovi, shuningdek, ularni Konstantin va Xelena deb atashgan, Hulagu yozishicha, "shohlar shohi" ga hech narsa "donolik, yuksak fikrlilik va ajoyib ishlar" bilan taqqoslana olmaydi.^[65]

Suriyaga bostirib kirish (1260)

Bog'doddan keyin 1260 yilda mo'g'ullar nasroniy fuqarolari bilan musulmonlarni mag'lub etishdi Suriya, Ayyubidlar sulolasining domeni. Ular shaharni birlashtirdilar Halab yanvarda va martda mo'g'ullar armanlar va Antioxiya franklari bilan birga olishdi Damashq, nasroniy mo'g'ullar generali Kitbuqa davrida.^[15][38] Abbosiylar va Ayyubidlar sulolalari vayron bo'lganligi sababli, tarixchi Stiven Runciman ta'riflaganidek, Yaqin Sharq "yana hech qachon tsivilizatsiyaga hukmronlik qila olmadi".^[69] Oxirgi Ayyubid sultoni An-Nosir Yusuf ko'p o'tmay vafot etdi va Bag'dod va Damashq islomiy quvvat markazlari yo'q bo'lib ketgach, islomiy hokimiyat markazi Qohiradagi Misr mamluklariga o'tdi.^[15][70] Biroq, mo'g'ullar Misrga qarab yurishni davom ettirishdan oldin, Buyuk Xon vafot etganligi sababli orqaga chekinishlari kerak edi. Hulagu yana poytaxtga kerak edi va kuchlarining asosiy qismini o'zi bilan olib ketib, Kitbuqa qo'l ostida oz kuchini qoldirib, Falastinni yo'qligida egallab oldi. Mo'g'ullarning bosqinchi partiyalari Misr tomon janubda Falastinga yuborilgan, G'azoda 1000 ga yaqin mo'g'ul garnizonlari tashkil etilgan.^[38][71][72]

Ayn Jalut jangi

Kitbuqa Sidonni jiyani Julian Grenyer tomonidan o'ldirilganidan keyin qamal qilmoqda

Mo'g'ullar va ularning Antioxiyadagi nasroniy fuqarolari o'rtasidagi hamkorlikka qaramay, Levantdagi boshqa nasroniylar mo'g'ullarning yondashuviga beparvo qarashgan. Jak Pantaléon, Quddus patriarxi mo'g'ullarni aniq tahdid deb bilgan va 1256 yilda ular haqida ogohlantirish uchun Rim Papasiga xat yozgan.^[73] Frankslar Dominikanni jo'natishdi Ashbi Dovud 1260 yilda Xulagu sudiga.^[54] Yilda Sidon, Julian Grenier, Sidon lord va Bofort o'z zamondoshlari tomonidan mas'uliyatsiz va yengiltak deb ta'riflangan fursatdan foydalanib, bosqinchilik va talonchilik Beqaa vodiysi mo'g'ullar hududida. O'ldirilgan mo'g'ullardan biri Kitbuqaning jiyani edi va qasos sifatida Kitbuqa Sidon shahriga bostirib kirdi. Ushbu hodisalar mo'g'ullar va salib yurish kuchlari o'rtasida ishonchsizlik darajasini yanada oshirdi, ularning hokimiyat markazi endi Akrning qirg'oq shahrida joylashgan edi.^[74][75]

Akr franklari mo'g'ullar va mamluklar o'rtasida ehtiyotkorlik bilan betaraflik pozitsiyasini saqlab qolish uchun qo'llaridan kelgan barcha ishni qildilar.^[5] Mamluklar bilan uzoq yillik dushmanlik tarixiga qaramay, franklar mo'g'ullar ko'proq xavf tug'dirganini tan oldilar va puxta bahs-munozaralardan so'ng avvalgi dushmanlari bilan passiv sulh tuzishni tanladilar. Franklar mamluk kuchlariga mo'g'ullarni jalb qilish uchun xristian hududi orqali shimol tomon harakatlanishiga ruxsat berishdi, buning evaziga franklar qo'lga olingan mo'g'ul otlarini arzon narxda sotib olishlari mumkin edi.^[76][77] Sulh mamluklarga Akr yaqinida qarorgoh qurib, mol etkazib berishga va Ayn Jalutda mo'g'ullarni jalb qilishga imkon berdi. 1260 yil 3 sentyabr. Mo'g'ul qo'shinlari asosiy kuchlari chekinishi sababli allaqachon tükenmişti, shuning uchun franklarning passiv yordami bilan mamluklar mo'g'ullar ustidan hal qiluvchi va tarixiy g'alabaga erishdilar. Mo'g'ul armiyasining qolgan qismi Kilikiya Armanistoniga chekindi, u erda Xetum I tomonidan qabul qilindi va qayta jihozlandi.^[43] Ayn Jalut mo'g'ullar tarixida katta burilish yasadi, chunki bu ular mag'lubiyatga uchragan birinchi yirik jang edi va g'arbiy chegarani Mo'g'ullar imperiyasining to'xtatib bo'lmaydigan kengayishiga o'xshab belgilab qo'ydi.^[5]

Papa aloqalari

1260-yillarda Evropada mo'g'ullar haqidagi tushunchada o'zgarishlar yuz berdi va ular musulmonlarga qarshi kurashda kamroq dushman, ko'proq potentsial ittifoqdosh sifatida qaraldi.^[78] Yaqinda 1259 yilda, Papa Aleksandr IV mo'g'ullarga qarshi yangi salib yurishini rag'batlantirgan va Antioxiya va Kilikiya Armanistoni monarxlari mo'g'ullar hukmronligiga bo'ysunganligini eshitib juda xafa bo'lgan. Aleksandr monarxlar ishini o'zining yaqinlashib kelayotgan kengashining kun tartibiga qo'ygan edi, ammo 1261 yilda Kengash chaqirilishidan bir necha oy oldin va yangi salib yurishidan oldin vafot etdi.^[79] Yangi papa uchun tanlov ilgari mo'g'ullar tahdidi haqida ogohlantirgan o'sha Quddus patriarxi Pantaleonga tegishli edi. U Papa Urban IV ismini oldi va yangi salib yurishi uchun pul yig'ishga harakat qildi.^[80]

Yoqilgan 1262 yil 10-aprel, Mo'g'ullar rahbari Hulagu yubordi Venger Jon yana ittifoqni taklif qilgan Frantsiya qiroli Lui IXga yangi xat.^[81] Maktubda ilgari mo'g'ullar papa nasroniylarning etakchisi ekanligi taassurotlari ostida edi, ammo endi ular haqiqiy kuch Frantsiya monarxiyasi ixtiyorida ekanligini angladilar. Xatda Xulaguning papa manfaati uchun Quddusni egallash niyati tilga olingan va Lui Misrga qarshi flot yuborishini so'ragan. Xulagu xristianlarga Quddusni tiklashni va'da qildi, ammo baribir mo'g'ullarning dunyoni zabt etish yo'lida mo'g'ullar suverenitetini talab qildi. Qirol Lui xatni haqiqatan ham olgan-olmaganligi noma'lum, biroq u biron vaqt oldin Papa Urbanga etkazilgan, u avvalgilariga o'xshash tarzda javob bergan. Uning papa buqasida Exultavit cor nostrum, Urban Xulaguni nasroniy diniga xayrixohligi bilan tabrikladi va uni nasroniylikni qabul qilishga undadi.^[82]

Tarixchilar Urban xatti-harakatlarining aniq ma'nosini bahslashmoqdalar. Britaniyalik tarixchi misolida keltirilgan asosiy qarash Piter Jekson Urban hozirgi paytda ham mo'g'ullarni dushman deb bilgan. Ushbu tasavvur bir necha yil o'tgach, pontifikati davrida o'zgarishni boshladi Papa Klement IV (1265-68), mo'g'ullar ko'proq potentsial ittifoqchilar sifatida ko'rilgan paytda. Biroq, frantsuz tarixchisi Jan Richard Urbanning xatti-harakati 1263 yildayoq mo'g'ul-evropa munosabatlarida burilish nuqtasini ko'rsatdi, shundan so'ng mo'g'ullar haqiqiy ittifoqchilar sifatida qabul qilindi. Richard shuningdek, Oltin O'rda mo'g'ullari franklar, ilxoniylar mo'g'ullari va vizantiyaliklar o'rtasidagi bu tuzilgan koalitsiyaga javoban buning evaziga musulmon mamluklar bilan ittifoq qilganligini ta'kidlamoqda.^[83][84] Biroq, tarixchilarning asosiy qarashlari shundaki, ittifoq tuzishga ko'plab urinishlar bo'lgan bo'lsa-da, urinishlar muvaffaqiyatsiz tugadi.^[2]

Abaqa (1265–1282)

Xulagu 1265 yilda vafot etdi va uning o'rnini egalladi Abaqa (1234–1282), ular G'arb hamkorligini yanada davom ettirdilar. Garchi a Buddist, uning ketidan u turmushga chiqdi Mariya Palaiologina, an Pravoslav nasroniy va Vizantiya imperatorining noqonuniy qizi Maykl VIII Palaiologos.^[85] Abaqa Papa Klement IV bilan 1267 va 1268 yillarda yozishib, Klementga ham, Qirolga ham elchilar yuborgan Aragonlik Jeyms I. 1268 yilda Klementga yo'llagan xabarida Abaqa nasroniylarga yordam berish uchun qo'shin yuborishga va'da bergan. Jeymsning 1269 yilda Akraga ekspeditsiyasini muvaffaqiyatsiz olib borishiga nima sabab bo'lganligi aniq emas.^[13] Jeyms kichik salib yurishini boshladi, lekin ular o'tib ketmoqchi bo'lganlarida, uning kemasiga bo'ron tushdi va kemalarning aksariyati orqaga qaytishga majbur bo'ldi. Salib yurishini oxir-oqibat Jeymsning 1269 yil dekabrda Akrga kelgan ikki o'g'li Fernando Sanches va Pedro Fernandes boshqargan.^[86] Abaqa, avvalgi yordam va'dalariga qaramay, boshqa tahdid bilan yuzma-yuz kelmoqda Xuroson mo'g'ullar tomonidan Turkiston 1269 yil oktyabrda Suriya chegarasi bo'ylab bosib olinish xavfini keltirib chiqargan Muqaddas Yer uchun ozgina kuch sarflashi mumkin edi. Harim va Afamiya oktyabrda, lekin Baybarning kuchlari ilgarilashi bilanoq orqaga chekindi.^[36]

Edvard I salib yurishi (1269–1274)

1269 yilda ingliz shahzodasi Eduard (kelajak Edvard I ), uning amakisining ertaklaridan ilhomlanib, Arslon yuragi Richard va Frantsiya qiroli Lui ikkinchi salib yurishi o'zining salib yurishidan boshlandi To'qqizinchi salib yurishi.^[87] Edvardni salib yurishida kuzatib borgan ritsarlar va ushlovchilar soni juda oz edi, ehtimol 230 ritsar atrofida bo'lib, jami 1000 kishini tashkil etgan, 13 kemadan iborat flotiliyada.^[46][88] Edvard mo'g'ullar bilan ittifoqning qadr-qimmatini tushundi va Akraga kelganida 1271 yil 9-may, u darhol mo'g'ullar hukmdori Abaqaga yordam so'rab elchixonasini yubordi.^[89] Abaqa Edvardning iltimosiga ijobiy javob berib, o'z faoliyatini general bilan muvofiqlashtirishni so'radi Samagar, u Edvard armiyasiga qo'shilish uchun 10 ming mo'g'ullar bilan mamluklarga qarshi hujumga yubordi.^[36][90] Ammo Edvard faqat yangi hududlarni egallashda muvaffaqiyatga erisha olmagan juda samarasiz reydlarda qatnashishga qodir edi.^[87] Masalan, u reyd uyushtirganida Sharon tekisligi, u hatto kichik Mamluk qal'asini ham ololmasligini isbotladi Qaqun.^[36] Biroq, Edvardning harbiy operatsiyalari cheklangan bo'lsa ham, Mamluk rahbari Baybarlarni 1272 yilda imzolangan Acre shahri va Mamluklar o'rtasida 10 yillik sulhga rozi bo'lishga ko'ndirishda yordam bergan.^[91] Edvardning sa'y-harakatlarini tarixchi Reuven Amitai "Edvard yoki boshqa biron bir frankiyalik rahbar tomonidan amalga oshiriladigan mo'g'ul-frankiyalik haqiqiy harbiy muvofiqlashtirishga eng yaqin narsa" deb ta'riflagan.^[92]

Papa Gregori X (1210–1276) 1274 yilda mo'g'ullar bilan aloqada yangi salib yurishini e'lon qildi.^[93]

Lion kengashi (1274)

1274 yilda Papa Gregori X chaqirildi Lionning ikkinchi kengashi. Abaqa Kengashga 13-16 mo'g'ullardan iborat delegatsiyani yubordi, bu katta shov-shuvga sabab bo'ldi, ayniqsa ularning uchta a'zosi jamoatchilik oldida suvga cho'mish.^[94] Abaqaning lotin kotibi Richaldus Abakaning otasi Hulagu huzuridagi Evropa-Ilxoniy munosabatlari bayon qilingan Kengashga Xulagu xristian elchilarini o'z huzurida kutib olganidan keyin Lotin xristianlarini ularning ibodatlari evaziga soliq va to'lovlardan ozod qilishga rozilik berganligini ma'ruza qildi. Xon. Rychaldusning so'zlariga ko'ra, Xulagu shuningdek, Frank muassasalarini zulm qilishni taqiqlagan va Quddusni franklarga qaytarish majburiyatini olgan.^[95] Rixaldus yig'ilishni Xulagu vafotidan keyin ham uning o'g'li Abaqa hali ham mamluklarni Suriyadan haydashga qaror qilganiga ishontirdi.^[36]

Kengashda Papa Gregori mo'g'ullar bilan aloqada yangi salib yurishini e'lon qildi,^[93] to'rtta asosiy elementdan iborat bo'lgan "Konstitutsiyalarda g'ayrat g'oyasi" da keng dasturni amalga oshirdi: uch yilga yangi soliq solish, tijorat bilan savdo qilishni taqiqlash Sarazinlar (Musulmonlar), italiyaliklar tomonidan kemalarni etkazib berishni tashkil qilishdi dengiz respublikalari va G'arbning ikkalasi bilan ittifoqi Vizantiya va mo'g'ul Ilxon Abaqa.^[96] Keyin Abaqa G'arb rahbarlarini harbiy tayyorgarlik to'g'risida ko'proq xabardor qilish uchun Gruziyalik Vassali aka-ukalar boshchiligidagi boshqa elchixonani yubordi. Gregori unga javob berdi legatlar salib yurishiga hamroh bo'lar edi va ular Ilxon bilan harbiy operatsiyalarni muvofiqlashtirishga mas'ul edilar.^[97]

Biroq, papa rejalari salib yurishlariga ishtiyoqini yo'qotgan boshqa Evropa monarxlari tomonidan qo'llab-quvvatlanmadi. Kengashga faqat bitta g'arbiy monarx, Aragonning keksa Jeyms I qatnashdi, u faqat ozgina kuch taklif qilishi mumkin edi. Yangi salib yurishlari uchun mablag 'yig'ish bor edi va rejalar tuzildi, ammo hech qachon amalga oshmadi. Rim papasi Grigoriy vafoti bilan loyihalar aslida to'xtab qoldi 1276 yil 10-yanvarva ekspeditsiyani moliyalashtirish uchun to'plangan pullar uning o'rniga Italiyada tarqatildi.^[46]

Suriyaga bostirib kirish (1280–1281)

Mo'g'ullarning mag'lubiyati (chapda) 1281-yilgi Xoms jangida

Evropaliklarning yordamisiz, ba'zi franklar Outremer, ayniqsa Knights Hospitaller ning qal'asi Marqab va ma'lum darajada Kipr va Antioxiya franklari 1280–1281 yillarda mo'g'ullar bilan qo'shma operatsiyalarga qo'shilishga harakat qildilar.^[97][98] 1277 yilda Misr etakchisi Baibarsning vafoti musulmon hududlarida uyushqoqlikka olib keldi va Muqaddas erdagi boshqa fraktsiyalar tomonidan yangi harakat uchun sharoit yaratildi.^[97] Mo'g'ullar fursatdan foydalanib, Suriyaga yangi hujumni uyushtirdilar va 1280 yil sentyabrda bosib oldilar Bagras va Darbsak So'ngra 20 oktyabrda Aleppo tomonidan ta'qib qilingan. Mo'g'ullar rahbari Abaqa o'zining tezligidan foydalanib, Angliyaning Edvard I akrining franklariga o'z elchilarini yubordi. Kipr qiroli Xyu va Tripolining Bohemond VII (Bohemond VI o'g'li), kampaniyani qo'llab-quvvatlashlarini so'rab.^[99] Ammo salibchilar o'zlari juda ko'p yordam beradigan darajada uyushmagan edilar. Akrda Patriarxning Vikari, shahar ochlikdan azob chekayotgani va Quddus shohi allaqachon boshqa urushga kirishgan deb javob berdi.^[97] Marqabdan kelgan mahalliy ritsarlar kasalxonasi (ilgari Antioxiya / Tripoli bo'lgan hududda) Mamluklar qaramog'idagi Beka vodiysiga reydlar o'tkazishga muvaffaq bo'lgan. Krak des Chevaliers 1280 va 1281 yillarda. Xyu va Antioxiyaning Bohemondlari o'z qo'shinlarini safarbar qildilar, ammo ularning kuchlari Baybarlarning vorisi, yangi Misr sultoni tomonidan mo'g'ullar safiga qo'shilishining oldini olindi. Kalavun. U 1281 yil mart oyida Misrdan shimolga qarab yurib, o'z qo'shinini franklar va mo'g'ullar o'rtasida joylashtirdi,^[97][98] va keyin Barronlar Akrasi bilan sulhni yangilash orqali potentsial ittifoqchilarni ikkiga bo'lishdi 1281 yil 3-may, uni yana o'n yil va o'n oyga uzaytirdi (sulh keyin buzgan).^[99] Shuningdek, u Tripolining Bohemond VII bilan ikkinchi 10 yillik sulhni yangiladi 1281 yil 16-iyulva Quddusga ziyoratchilarga borishni tasdiqladi.^[97]

1281 yil sentyabrda mo'g'ullar o'zlarining 50 ming qo'shinlari va yana 30 ming qo'shini bilan birga armanlarni o'z ichiga olgan holda qaytib kelishdi Leo III, Gruzinlar va Marqabdan kelgan 200 ritsar kasalxonasi, ular akr franklari mamluklar bilan sulhga kelishgan bo'lishiga qaramay, kontingent yuborishdi.^{[99][100][101]} Mo'g'ullar va ularning yordamchi qo'shinlari mamluklarga qarshi kurash olib bordilar Xomsdagi ikkinchi jang 1281 yil 30-oktabrda, ammo uchrashuv noaniq bo'lib, Sulton katta yo'qotishlarga duch keldi.^[98] Qasos sifatida keyinchalik Qalavun 1285 yilda Marqabning Hospitaller qal'asini qamal qildi va egallab oldi.^[100]

Arg'un (1284–1291)

1289 yilda Argunning Frantsiyalik Filipp IV ga yozgan maktubi Mo'g'ul yozuvi, kirish tafsilotlari bilan. Xatni frantsuz qiroliga Jizolfelik Buskarel etkazgan.^[102]

Argundan Papa Nikolay IV ga 1290 yilgi xat.

Abaqa 1282 yilda vafot etdi va qisqa vaqt ichida uning ukasi bilan almashtirildi Tekuder Islomni qabul qilgan kishi. Tekuder Abakaning franklar bilan ittifoq tuzish siyosatini bekor qildi va buning o'rniga 1285 yilda Margatning kasalxonalar qal'asini egallab olgan Mamluk Sultoni Qalavunga o'z ittifoqini taklif qildi, Lattakiya 1287 yilda, Tripoli okrugi esa 1289 yilda.^[46][97] Biroq, Tekuderning musulmonparast pozitsiyasi ommalashmadi va 1284 yilda Abaqaning buddist o'g'li Arg'un, uning qo'llab-quvvatlashi bilan Buyuk Xon Xubilay, qo'zg'olonga boshchilik qildi va Tekuderni qatl etdi. Keyin Arg'un G'arb bilan ittifoq g'oyasini qayta tikladi va Evropaga ko'plab elchilarini yubordi.^[103]

Argunning birinchi elchixonalariga rahbarlik qilgan Iso Kelemechi, Xubilay Xonning G'arbiy Astronomiya idorasini boshqargan va Buyuk Xon buyrug'i bilan Buyuk Eronga yuborilgan Ossuriyalik nasroniy tarjimon.^[104] Buyuk Xon Xubilay (Qubilay) Arg'unga Muqaddas erni ozod qilishni va nasroniylarni himoya qilishni buyurganligi sababli elchixona yuborildi.^[105][106] Kelemechi bilan uchrashdi Papa Honorius IV 1285 yilda "olib tashlashni" taklif qiladi Saracens (Musulmonlar) va "Shom o'lkasini, ya'ni Misrni" franklar bilan bo'lishing.^[103][107] The second embassy, and probably the most famous, was that of the elderly cleric Rabban Bar Sauma, who had been visiting the Ilkhanate during a remarkable pilgrimage from China to Jerusalem.^[103]

Through Bar Sauma and other later envoys, such as Buscarello de Gizolfi, Arghun promised the European leaders that if Jerusalem were conquered, he would have himself baptized and would return Jerusalem to the Christians.^{[108][109][110]} Bar Sauma was greeted warmly by the European monarchs,^[103] but Western Europe was no longer as interested in the Crusades, and the mission to form an alliance was ultimately fruitless.^[111][112] England did respond by sending a representative, Geoffrey of Langley, who had been a member of Edward I's Crusade 20 years earlier, and was sent to the Mongol court as an ambassador in 1291.^[113]

Genoese shipmakers

Another link between Europe and the Mongols was attempted in 1290, when the Genuyaliklar endeavored to assist the Mongols with naval operations. The plan was to construct and man two galleys to attack Mamluk ships in the Qizil dengiz, and operate a blockade of Egypt's trade with India.^[114][115] As the Genoese were traditional supporters of the Mamluks, this was a major shift in policy, apparently motivated by the attack of the Egyptian Sultan Qalawun on the Cilician Armenians in 1285.^[103] To build and man the fleet, a squadron of 800 Genoese carpenters, sailors and crossbowmen went to Baghdad, working on the Dajla. However, due to a feud between the Guelflar va Gibellinlar, the Genoese soon degenerated into internal bickering, and killed each other in Basra, putting an end to the project.^[114][115] Genoa finally cancelled the agreement and signed a new treaty with the Mamluks instead.^[103]

All these attempts to mount a combined offensive between the Franks and Mongols were too little and too late. In May 1291, the city of Acre was conquered by the Egyptian Mamluks in the Akrni qamal qilish. Qachon Papa Nikolay IV learned of this, he wrote to Arghun, again asking him to be baptized and to fight against the Mamluks.^[103] But Arghun had died on March 10, 1291, and Pope Nicholas died as well in March 1292, putting an end to their efforts towards combined action.^[116]

Ghazan (1295–1304)

After Arghun's death, he was followed in rapid succession by two brief and fairly ineffective leaders, one of whom only held power for a few months. Stability was restored when Arghun's son Ghazan took power in 1295, though to secure cooperation from other influential Mongols, he made a public conversion to Islam when he took the throne, marking a major turning point in the state religion of the Ilkhanate. Despite being an official Muslim, however, Ghazan remained tolerant of multiple religions, and worked to maintain good relations with his Christian vassal states such as Cilician Armenia and Georgia.^[117]

In 1299/1300, the Mongols engaged in battles for cities in Syria, and engaged in raids as far south as Gaza.

In 1299, he made the first of what were to be three attempts to invade Syria.^[118] As he launched his new invasion, he also sent letters to the Franks of Cyprus (Henry II, King of Cyprus; and the heads of the harbiy buyurtmalar ), inviting them to come join him in his attack on the Mamluks in Syria.^[119][120] The Mongols successfully took the city of Aleppo, and were there joined by their vassal King Xetum II, whose forces participated in the rest of the offensive. The Mongols soundly defeated the Mamluks in the Vodiy al-Xazandar jangi, 1299 yil 23 yoki 24 dekabrda.^[121] This success in Syria led to wild rumors in Europe that the Mongols had successfully re-captured the Holy Land, and had even conquered the Mamluks in Egypt and were on a mission to conquer Tunisia in northern Africa. But in reality, Jerusalem had been neither taken nor even besieged.^[122] All that had been managed were some Mongol raids into Palestine in early 1300. The raids went as far as Gaza, passing through several towns, probably including Jerusalem. But when the Egyptians again advanced from Cairo in May, the Mongols retreated without resistance.^[123]

In July 1300, the Crusaders launched naval operations to press the advantage.^[124] A fleet of sixteen galleys with some smaller vessels was equipped in Cyprus, commanded by King Henry of Cyprus, accompanied by his brother Amalrik, Tir shahzodasi, the heads of the military orders, and Ghazan's ambassador "Chial" (Pizol izolati ).^{[123][124][125]} The ships left Famagusta kuni July 20, 1300, to raid the coasts of Egypt and Syria: Rozet, Iskandariya, Acre, Tortosa, and Maraclea, before returning to Cyprus.^[123][125]

Ruad expedition

Ghazan announced that he would return by November 1300, and sent letters and ambassadors to the West so that they could prepare themselves. After their own naval raids, the Cypriots attempted a major operation to re-take the former Syrian Templar stronghold of Tortoza.^{[6][120][126][127]} They prepared the largest force they could muster at the time, approximately 600 men: 300 under Amalric, and similar contingents from the Templars and Hospitallers. In November 1300 they attempted to occupy Tortosa on the mainland, but were unable to gain control of the city. The Mongols were delayed, and the Cypriots moved offshore to the nearby island of Ruad to establish a base.^[126] The Mongols continued to be delayed, and the bulk of the Crusader forces returned to Cyprus, leaving only a garrison on Ruad.^[6][127] In February 1301, Ghazan's Mongols finally made a new advance into Syria. The force was commanded by the Mongol general Kutlushka, who was joined by Armenian troops, and Guy of Ibelin va John, lord of Giblet. But despite a force of 60,000, Kutluskha could do little else than engage in some raids around Syria, and then retreated.^[6]

In a miniature from a 15th-century Marko Poloning sayohatlari, Ghazan orders the King of Armenia Hethum II to accompany Kutlushka on the 1303 attack on Damascus.^[128]

Plans for combined operations between the Franks and the Mongols were again made for the following winter offensives, in 1301 and 1302. But in mid-1301 the island of Ruad was attacked by the Egyptian Mamluks. After a lengthy siege, the island surrendered in 1302.^[126][127] The Mamluks slaughtered many of the inhabitants, and captured the surviving Templars to send them to prison in Cairo.^[126] In late 1301, Ghazan sent letters to the pope asking him to send troops, priests, and peasants, to make the Holy Land a Frank state again.^[129]

In 1303, Ghazan sent another letter to Edward I, via Buscarello de Ghizolfi, who had also been an ambassador for Arghun. The letter reiterated their ancestor Hulagu's promise that the Ilkhans would give Jerusalem to the Franks in exchange for help against the Mamluks. That year, the Mongols again attempted to invade Syria, appearing in great strength (about 80,000) together with the Armenians. But they were again defeated at Homs on March 30, 1303, and at the decisive Shaqhab jangi, south of Damascus, on April 21, 1303.^[54] Bu mo'g'ullarning Suriyadagi so'nggi yirik bosqini deb hisoblanadi.^[130] Ghazan died on May 10, 1304, and Frankish dreams of a rapid reconquest of the Holy Land were destroyed.^[131]

Oljeitu (1304–1316)

Oljeitu, also named Mohammad Khodabandeh, was great-grandson of Ilkhanate founder Hulagu, and brother and successor of Ghazan. In his youth he at first converted to Buddhism, and then later to Sunni Islam with his brother Ghazan, and changed his first name to the Islamic Muhammad.^[132] In April 1305, Oljeitu sent letters to Fransiyalik Filipp IV, Papa Klement V, and Edward I of England. As had his predecessors, Oljeitu offered a military collaboration between the Mongols and the Christian nations of Europe, against the Mamluks.^[54] European nations prepared a crusade, but were delayed. In the meantime Oljeitu launched a last campaign against the Mamluks (1312–1313), in which he was unsuccessful. A final settlement with the Mamluks would only be found when Oljeitu's son Abu Sa'id imzolagan Treaty of Aleppo 1322 yilda.^[54]

Last contacts

Hayton of Corycus presenting his report on the Mongols to Pope Clement V in 1307

In the 14th century, diplomatic contact continued between the Franks and the Mongols, until the Ilkhanate dissolved in the 1330s, and the ravages of the Qora o'lim in Europe caused contact with the East to be severed.^[133] A few marital alliances between Christian rulers and the Mongols of the Golden Horde continued, such as when the Vizantiya imperator Andronicus II gave daughters in marriage to Toqto'a (d. 1312) and later to his successor O'zbek (1312–1341).^[134]

After Abu Sa'id, relations between Christian princes and the Ilkhanate became very sparse. Abu Sa'id died in 1335 with neither heir nor successor, and the Ilkhanate lost its status after his death, becoming a plethora of little kingdoms run by Mongols, Turks, and Persians.^[13]

In 1336, an embassy to the French Papa Benedikt XII in Avignon was sent by Toghun Temür, oxirgi Yuan emperor in Dadu. The embassy was led by two Genoese travelers in the service of the Mongol emperor, who carried letters representing that the Mongols had been eight years (since Archbishop Montekorvinolik Jon 's death) without a spiritual guide, and earnestly desired one.^[135] Pope Benedict appointed four ecclesiastics as his legates to the khan's court. In 1338, a total of 50 ecclesiastics were sent by the pope to Peking, among them John of Marignolli, who returned to Avignon in 1353 with a letter from the Yuan emperor to Papa begunoh VI. But soon, the Xan xitoylari rose up and drove the Mongols out of China, tashkil etish Min sulolasi in 1368. By 1369, all foreign influences, from Mongols to Christians, Manichaeans, and Buddhists, were expelled by the Ming Dynasty.^[136]

Letter of Timur to Charles VI of France, 1402

In the early 15th century, Temur (Tamerlane) resumed relations with Europe, attempting to form an alliance against the Egyptian Mamluks and the Usmonli imperiyasi, and engaged in communications with Fransiyalik Karl VI va Kastiliyalik Genri III, but died in 1405.^{[13][137][138][139][140]}

Cultural contacts

In the cultural sphere, there were some Mongol elements in Western medieval art, especially in Italy, of which most surviving examples are from the 14th century, after the chance of a military alliance had faded. These included the depiction of textiles from the Mongol Empire and Mongol script in various contexts, the latter often anachronistic. Imports of textiles had a considerable influence on Italian textile design. Mongol military costume is sometimes worn by soldiers, typically those acting against Christian figures, as in martyrdoms or Xochga mixlash sahnalar. These were perhaps copied from drawings made of Mongol envoys to Europe, or ones brought back from Outremer.^[141]

Views from historians

Most historians describe the contacts between the Mongol Empire and the Western Europeans as a series of attempts,^[142] missed opportunities,^{[143][144][145]} and failed negotiations.^{[2][116][142][146]} Christopher Atwood, in the 2004 Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, summed up the relations between Western Europe and the Mongols: "Despite numerous envoys and the obvious logic of an alliance against mutual enemies, the papacy and the Crusaders never achieved the often-proposed alliance against Islam."^[2]

A few other historians argue there was an actual alliance,^[125][147] but do not agree on the details: Jean Richard wrote that an alliance began around 1263.^[147] Reuven Amitai stated that the closest thing to actual Mongol-Frankish military coordination was when Prince Edward of England attempted to coordinate activities with Abaga in 1271. Amitai also mentioned the other attempts towards cooperation, but said, "In none of these episodes, however, can we speak of Mongols and troops from the Frankish West being on the Syrian mainland at the same time."^[92] Timothy May described the alliance as having its peak at the Council of Lyon in 1274,^[148] but that it began to unravel in 1275 with the death of Bohemond, and May too admitted that the forces never engaged in joint operations.^[149] Alain Demurger, in his own book The Last Templar, said that an alliance was not sealed until 1300.^[150]

There also continues to be debate about whether or not an alliance would have been a wise idea, and whether the Crusaders at that point in history were even relevant to the Persian-Mongol conflict.^[8] The 20th-century historian Glenn Burger said, "The refusal of the Latin Christian states in the area to follow Hethum's example and adapt to changing conditions by allying themselves with the new Mongol empire must stand as one of the saddest of the many failures of Outremer."^[151] This was similar to the view of Stiven Runciman, who argued, "Had the Mongol alliance been achieved and honestly implemented by the West, the existence of Outremer would almost certainly have been prolonged. The Mameluks would have been crippled if not destroyed; and the Ilkhanate of Persia would have survived as a power friendly to the Christians and the West".^[152] However, Devid Nikol, describing the Mongols as "potential allies",^[153] said that early historians were writing from the benefit of hindsight,^[154] and that overall the major players were the Mamluks and the Mongols, with Christians just "pawns in a greater game."^[155]

Muvaffaqiyatsizlik sabablari

The Mongol Empire, ca. 1300. The gray area is the later Timurid empire. The geographic distance between the Ilkhanid Mongols, along with their Great Khan in Khanbalic, and the Europeans was large.

There has been much discussion among historians as to why the Franco-Mongol alliance never became a reality and why, despite all the diplomatic contacts, it stayed a chimera or fantasy.^[3][8] Many reasons have been proposed: one was that the Mongols at that stage in their empire were not entirely focused on expanding to the West. By the late 13th century, the Mongol leaders were several generations removed from the great Genghis Khan, and internal disruption was brewing. The original nomadic Mongols from the day of Genghis had become more settled, and had turned into administrators instead of conquerors. Battles were springing up that were Mongol against Mongol, which took troops away from the front in Syria.^[156] There was also confusion within Europe as to the differences between the Mongols of the Ilkhanate in the Holy Land, and the Mongols of the Golden Horde, who were attacking Hungary and Poland. Within the Mongol Empire, the Ilkhanids and the Golden Horde considered each other enemies, but it took time for Western observers to be able to distinguish between the different parts of the Mongol Empire.^[156] From the Mongol side, there were also concerns as to just how much clout the Franks could have brought to bear,^[157] especially as there was decreased interest in Europe in pursuing the Crusades.^[155] Court historians of Mongol Persia made no mention whatsoever of the communications between the Ilkhans and the Christian West, and barely mentioned the Franks at all. The communications were evidently not seen as important by the Mongols, and may have even been considered embarrassing. The Mongol leader Ghazan, a converted Muslim since 1295, might not have wanted to be perceived as trying to gain the assistance of infidels against his fellow Muslims in Egypt. When Mongol historians did make notes of foreign territories, the areas were usually categorized as either "enemies", "conquered", or "in rebellion". The Franks, in that context, were listed in the same category as the Egyptians, in that they were enemies to be conquered. The idea of "ally" was foreign to the Mongols.^[158]

Some European monarchs responded positively to Mongol inquiries, but became vague and evasive when asked to actually commit troops and resources. Logistics also became more complex – the Egyptian Mamluks were genuinely concerned about the threat of another wave of Crusader forces, so each time the Mamluks captured another castle or port, instead of occupying it, they systematically destroyed it so that it could never be used again. This both made it more difficult for the Crusaders to plan military operations, and increased the expense of those operations. Monarchs in Western Europe often gave lip service to the idea of going on crusade, as a way of making an emotional appeal to their subjects, but in reality they would take years to prepare, and sometimes never actually left for Outremer. Internal wars in Europe, such as the War of the Vespers, were also distracting attention, and making it less likely for European nobles to want to commit their military to the Crusades, when they were more needed at home.^[159][160]

The Europeans were also concerned about the long-term goals of the Mongols. Early Mongol diplomacy had been not a simple offer of cooperation, but straightforward demands for submission. It was only in later communications that Mongol diplomats started to adopt a more conciliatory tone; but they still used language that implied more command than entreaty. Even the Armenian historian Hayton of Corycus, the most enthusiastic advocate of Western-Mongol collaboration, freely admitted that the Mongol leadership was not inclined to listen to European advice. His recommendation was that even if working together, European armies and Mongol armies should avoid contact because of Mongol arrogance. European leaders were aware that the Mongols would not have been content to stop at the Holy Land, but were on a clear quest for world domination. If the Mongols had achieved a successful alliance with the West and destroyed the Mamluk Sultanate, they certainly would have eventually turned upon the Franks of Cyprus and the Byzantines.^[161] They also would have surely conquered Egypt, from which they could have continued an advance into Africa, where no strong state could have stood in their way until Marokash va Islamic caliphates ichida Magreb.^[156][162]

Lastly, there was not much support among the general populace in Europe for a Mongol alliance. Writers in Europe were creating "recovery" literature with their ideas about how best to recover the Holy Land, but few mentioned the Mongols as a genuine possibility. 1306 yilda, qachon Papa Klement V asked the leaders of the military orders, Jak de Molay va Fulk de Villaret, to present their proposals for how the Crusades should proceed, neither of them factored in any kind of a Mongol alliance. A few later proposals talked briefly about the Mongols as being a force that could invade Syria and keep the Mamluks distracted, but not as a force that could be counted on for cooperation.^[156]

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