The Second Battle of Homs was fought Hostile_encounter in western Syria on 29 October 1281 , between the armies of the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and the Ilkhanate , a division of the Mongol Empire centered on Iran .

After the historic Mamluk victory over the Ilkhanates at the Battle of Ain Jalut in September 1260 , Hulagu Khan of the Ilkhanate had the Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus and other Ayyubid princes executed Killing in revenge , thus effectively ending Process_end the dynasty in Syria .

However , the defeat at Ain Jalut forced Motion the Ilkhanate armies out of Syria and the Levant .

Due Causation to the open war Hostile_encounter between Hulagu and his cousin Berke of the Golden Horde during the civil war of the Mongol Empire , the Ilkhanate could only afford to send Sending 6,000 troops back into Syria to retake control of the lands .

This expedition was initiated Process_start by Ilkhanate generals such as Baidu who was forced Motion to leave Departing Gaza when the Mamluks advanced Cause_to_make_progress just before the battle of Ain Jalut .

This ended Process_end the first campaign into Syria by the Ilkhanate , though there were several later incursions , none of which ended Process_end with conquests lasting more than a year .