title: The Il-Khans’ Wars and Mongol-Cilician Armenian Collaboration: Stage II (1260–1265)
abstract: Mongol-Armenian cooperation proved itself in practice to be a successful venture that overthrew the Muslim supremacies. The elimination of the Ism'l and 'Abbasid powers, the invasion of Aleppo and Damascus by the forces commanded by Hleg and Het'um I did not stop the latter's ambitions. Their advance further into Syria signified a new development in the history of the Near East , establishing an exclusive triangle of relationships between the Mongols , Mamluks and the Cilician Armenians that car