Ain Jalut, Also Ayn Jalut, Ein Harod, Goliath's Spring

SiteAlso Ayn Jalut, Ein Harod, Goliath's Spring

Ain Jalutعين جالوت

'Goliath's Spring', where the Mamluks stopped the Mongols in 1260.

In the Jezreel Valley, at a spring named after Jalut, the Mamluks under Qutuz and Baybars defeated a Mongol army on 3 September 1260, two years after Baghdad fell. It was the first decisive Mongol defeat in the region and saved Egypt and the holy cities.