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===Combined operations in the Levant (1262-1265)=== Meanwhile, the Mamluk leader [[Baibars]] began to threaten Antioch, which (as a vassal of the Armenians) had earlier supported the Mongols.<ref>Runciman, p.313</ref> In the summer of 1262, the king of Armenia went to the Mongols and again obtained their intervention to deliver the city.<ref>"Antioch was only saved (...) by the intervention of Hethoum who called the Mongols to intervene in favour of Bohemond. Les ''Gestes des Chiprois'' even seems to say that the Armenia monarch went in person to fetch the nearest Mongol troops". Grousset, p.609</ref><ref>Mentionned in Grousset, p.609. In 1262, the king of Armenia went to the Mongols and again obtained their intervention to deliver the city. - "In the year 1262, the sultan Bendocdar of Babiloine, who had taken the name of Melec el Vaher, put the city of Antioch under siege, but the king of Armenia went to see the Tatars and had them come, so that the Sarazins had to leave the siege and return to Babiloine.". Original French:"Et en lan de lincarnasion .mcc. et .lxii. le soudan de Babiloine Bendocdar quy se fist nomer Melec el Vaher ala aseger Antioche mais le roy dermenie si estoit ale a Tatars et les fist ehmeuer de venir et les Sarazins laiserent le siege dantioche et sen tornerent en Babiloine."[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/GuillaumeTyr5.html Guillame de Tyr "Historia rerum in partibus transmarinis gestarum" #316]</ref> The city was saved through Mongol intervention.<ref>”In the meantime, [Baibars] condicted his troops to Antioch, and started to besiege the city, which was saved by a Mongol intervention” Jean Richard, p.429</ref> Bohemond VI was again present at the court of Hulagu in 1264, trying to obtain as much support as possible from Mongol rulers against the Mamluk progression. His presence is described by the Armenian saint [[Vartan]]:<ref>"Grousset, p565</ref> {{quote|"In 1264, l'Il-Khan had me called, as well as the vartabeds Sarkis (Serge) and Krikor (Gregory), and Avak, priest of Tiflis. We arrived at the place of this powerful monarch at the beginning of the Tartar year, in July, period of the solemn assembly of the kuriltai. Here were all the Princes, Kings and Sultans submitted by the Tartars, with wonderful presents. Among them, I saw [[Hetoum I]], king of [[Armenia]], [[David VII Ulu|David]], king of [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], the Prince of Antioch (Bohemond VI), and a quantity of Sultans from Persia.|Vartan, trad. Dulaurier.<ref>Quoted in Grousset, p.565</ref>}} <!-- Recommend moving this to Wikiquote --> However, in response to Hetoum I and Bohemond VI's request for help, Hulagu was only capable of attacking the frontier fort of [[Al-Bira]] (1264-1265).<ref>Jean Richard, p.428</ref> The Mamluks were deeptly aware of the Franco-Mongol threat however. After the battle of Al-Bira, Baibars complained in a letter to a Frank prince (the Castellan of [[Jaffa]], apparently [[Jean d'Ibelin]]) of the collaboration between the Franks of Syria and the Mongols: {{quote|"This people have committed many offenses against me, such as writing to the Mongols to attack my territories"|Letter from [[Baybars]] to the Castellan of Jaffa. 1265.<ref>Quoted in Reuven-Amitai, "Mongols and Mamluks", p.102</ref>}}
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