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===Death of Hulagu=== [[Image:DisasterOfMari1266.JPG|thumb|The Mamluks defeated the Armenians at the [[Battle of Mari]] in 1266, killing one of [[Hetoum I]]'s sons and capturing another (the future king [[Levon II of Armenia (King)|Leon II]]). They then ravaged the land of Armenia.<ref>Mutafian, p.58</ref>]] Following the death of Hulagu in 1265, the Muslim leader Baibars attacked the Franks, and brought terrible devastation to the kingdom of Little Armenia. In 1265, the new Khan [[Abaqa Khan|Abaqa]] further pursued Western cooperation. He corresponded with Pope [[Clement IV]] through 1267-1268, and reportedly sent a Mongol ambassador in 1268. Abaqa proposed a joint alliance between his forces, those of the West, and the father of Abaqa's wife, the [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Michael VIII Palaeologos]]. Abaqa received responses from Rome and from [[Jaume I of Aragon]], though it is unclear if this was what led to Jaume's unsuccessful expedition to Acre in 1269.<ref name=knobler/> In 1268, the Mamluk leader Baibars raided the area of Acre, taking the castle of [[Beaufort Castle, Lebanon|Beaufort]], and attacked Tripoli, where Bohemond VI was entrenched with his subjects. Baibars then arrived in front of Antioch, the largest of the Frankish cities, on May 14, 1268, and took the city after a siege of only 4 days, in the [[Siege of Antioch (1268)|Siege of Antioch]].<ref>Amin Maalouf, p.267</ref> After this defeat, Bohemond obtained a truce with Baibars<ref> Amin Maalouf, p.268 (French)</ref> but this left Bohemond with no estates except [[Tripoli]].<ref>Runciman, 325-327</ref>
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