Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Introduction; 1. The historical background; 2. The battle of 'Ayn Jalut; 3. The formation of anti-Ilkhanid policy; 4. The search for a second front; 5. Military and diplomatic skirmishing; 6. The secret war; 7. Baybars' intervention in Seljuq Rum; 8. Baybars' posthumous victory: the second battle of Homs; 9. The Mamluk-Ilkhanid frontier; 10. Mamluks versus Mongols: an overview.