Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mamluks sun shiga Falasdinu don fuskantar sojojin Mongol da Hulagu ya bari a baya a karkashin umarnin Kitbuqa. A watan Satumba na 1260, bangarorin biyu sun hadu a filayen da ke kudu da Nazarat a cikin wani babban rikici da aka sani da
Yaƙin Ain Jalut. Qutuz ya ɓoye wasu daga cikin sojojinsa na doki a cikin tsaunuka kusa da Ain Jalut (Goliath's Spring), yayin da yake jagorantar sojojin Baybars don ci gaba da wuce Ain Jalut a kan Mongols na Kitbuqa. A cikin gwagwarmayar rabin sa'a da ta biyo baya, mutanen Baybars sun yi kamar sun ja da baya kuma Kitbuqa ya bi su. Sojojin na karshen sun fada cikin tarkon Mamluk da zarar sun isa maɓuɓɓugan Ain Jalut, tare da mutanen Baybars suna juyawa don fuskantar Mongols da kuma rukunin Qutuz da ke kwanton bauna ga Mongols daga tsaunuka. Yaƙin ya ƙare a cikin Mongol rout da kama Kitbuqa da kisa. Bayan haka, Mamluks suka ci gaba da kwace birnin Damaskus da kuma sauran biranen da Mongols suka ci. Bayan dawowar Qutuz cikin nasara zuwa Alkahira, an kashe shi a cikin makircin Bahri. Baybars daga baya ya karɓi iko a Masar a ƙarshen 1260, kuma ya kafa masarautar Bahri Mamluk.