Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saduwa tsakanin Turawa da Mongols ya fara ne a kusa da 1220, tare da saƙonni na lokaci-lokaci daga papal da sarakunan Turai zuwa shugabannin Mongol kamar Babban Khan, kuma daga baya zuwa Ilkhans a Mongol-farfashe Farisa. Sadarwar ta kasance tana bin tsari mai maimaituwa: Turawa sun nemi Mongols su tuba zuwa Kiristanci na Yammacin Turai, yayin da Mongols suka amsa da buƙatun miƙa wuya da haraji. Mongols sun riga sun ci nasara da yawa na Krista da na Musulmai a cikin ci gaban su a duk faɗin Asiya, kuma bayan sun lalata Nizaris na Alamut da Musulmai Abbasid da Ayyubid daular, don ƙarni na gaba sun yi yaƙi da sauran ikon Musulunci a yankin, Mamluks na Masar. Hethum I, sarkin al'ummar Kiristanci na Cilician Armenia, ya mika wuya ga Mongols a 1247, kuma ya ƙarfafa wasu sarakuna su shiga cikin haɗin gwiwar Kirista-Mongol, amma ya iya shawo kan surukinsa, Yarima Bohemond VI na Jihar Crusader na Antakiya, wanda ya mika wuya a 1260. Sauran shugabannin Kirista kamar su Crusaders na Acre sun fi rashin amincewa da Mongols, suna ganin su a matsayin babbar barazana a yankin. Saboda haka Barons na Acre sun shiga cikin wata yarjejeniya mai ban mamaki tare da Musulmai Mamluks, suna ba da damar sojojin Masar su ci gaba ba tare da hamayya ba ta hanyar yankin Crusader don shiga da kuma kayar da Mongols a cikin babban yakin Ain Jalut.
a shekara ta 1260.