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What was the Mongol invasion?

ما الغزو المغولي؟

The Mongol invasion: the campaigns of Genghis Khan and his descendants against the Muslim world, 1219-1260; Baghdad was destroyed in 1258, and the Muslims halted the invasion at Ayn Jalut in 1260.

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The Mongol invasion was the campaigns of Genghis Khan and his descendants against the Muslim world from 1219 to 1260. Baghdad was destroyed in 1258, and the Muslims stopped them at Ayn Jalut in 1260. 1

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