WI: Mongols win Battle of Ain Jalut

So in ATL the Mongols win the Battle of Ain Jalut. They do not lose this army. And we know that this army is not needed to pacify Mesopotamia and Iran (and the Caucasus and Anatolia and other parts) as they had sufficient Mongol garrisons.
- Where can the Mongols use this army?
- Right. This army would occupy Syria/Levant and Egypt. 5-10 thousand in Egypt and 5-10 thousand in Levand would be more than enough.
If they can detach just half of this because of allies they could consider a push down the Nile toward Sudan. Better than going west across the desert and more Mongol expansion.
 
What do we think of the religious angles of the war? Sure, the Latin Christians may not have been on the best of terms with the Mongols at the time, but the Armenians and Georgians were, as already noted, allied with the Mongols. And the Mamlukes were ruling over a population that still contained a very sizable number of Christians. Plus, of course, Kitbuqa was himself Christian.
 
What do we think of the religious angles of the war? Sure, the Latin Christians may not have been on the best of terms with the Mongols at the time, but the Armenians and Georgians were, as already noted, allied with the Mongols. And the Mamlukes were ruling over a population that still contained a very sizable number of Christians. Plus, of course, Kitbuqa was himself Christian.

With the Mongols there was no such thing as being allied -- the Armenians and Georgians were subject peoples.
 
Correct subject would be a better word than Allied. However, my point was simply that there was a sizable Christian non-Mongol contingent within the Mongol force.
I suppose it either comes down to whom either you hate the most or fear the most. Any Christian signing up with the Mongols was probably feeling both.
 
I suppose it either comes down to whom either you hate the most or fear the most. Any Christian signing up with the Mongols was probably feeling both.

It's not like remnants of Crusader States agreed much on Mongols. I would expect a severe backlash on former Kingdom of Jerusalem coast, up to outright conquest at short term.
 
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