Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whakamahia a Palmyra hei rerenga e te mokopuna o Shirkuh II, a al-Ashraf Musa, i honoa ki te kingi Mongol a Hulagu Khan ka rere i muri i te hinganga o te Mongol i te pakanga o Ain Jalut i te 1260
ki nga Mamluk. I tono a Al-Ashraf Musa ki te sultan Mamluk Qutuz mo te murunga hara a i whakaaetia hei rangatira. I mate a Al-Ashraf Musa i te tau 1263 kaore he uri, ka kawe i te rohe o Homs ki raro i te mana o Mamluk.