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Kitbuqa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Kitbuga Noyan, Kitbuqa Noyan, Ketboğa, Хитбух
Kitbuqa Noyan (died 1260), also spelled Kitbogha, Kitboga, or Ketbugha, was an Eastern Christian of the Naimans, a group that was subservient to the Mongol Empire. He was a lieutenant and confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, assisting him in his conquests in the Middle East including the sack of Baghdad in 1258. When Hulagu took the bulk of his forces back with him to attend a ceremony in Mongolia, Kitbuqa was left in control of Syria, and was responsible for further Mongol raids southwards towards the Mamluk Sultanate based in Cairo. He was killed in 1260 at the Battle of Ain Jalut, which w
Key facts
- Military person.name
- Kitbuqa Noyan
- Military person.birth_date
- c. 1200
- Military person.birth_place
- Mongolia
- Military person.death_date
- 3 September 1260
- Military person.death_place
- Ain Jalut, Mamluk Sultanate
- Military person.allegiance
- Mongol Empire
- Military person.branch
- Ilkhanate Army
- Military person.rank
- General
- Military person.battles
- Mongol invasions of the Levant Battle of Ain Jalut
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- date of death
- 1260-09-03
- date of birth
- 1250-00-00
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Kitbuqa Noyan (died 1260), also spelled Kitbogha, Kitboga, or Ketbugha, was an Eastern Christian of the Naimans, a group that was subservient to the Mongol Empire. He was a lieutenant and confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, assisting him in his conquests in the Middle East including the sack of Baghdad in 1258. When Hulagu took the bulk of his forces back with him to attend a ceremony in Mongolia, Kitbuqa was left in control of Syria, and was responsible for further Mongol raids southwards towards the Mamluk Sultanate based in Cairo. He was killed in 1260 at the Battle of Ain Jalut, which was the first major loss of the Mongolian advances and halted their expansion into Arabia and Europe.
==Biography== thumb|Siege of Sidon: Kitbuqa vs. [[Julian Grenier in 1260. From Hayton of Corycus, ''Fleur des histoires d'orient''.]]