Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cewar masanin tarihi Ahmad Y. al-Hassan, a lokacin yakin Ain Jalut
A shekara ta 1260, Mamluks sun yi amfani da bindiga a kan Mongols. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa wannan shi ne "barauni na farko a tarihi" kuma ya yi amfani da ƙirar gunki kusan iri ɗaya ne da ƙirar ƙirar ƙirar ƙirar ƙirar ƙirar ƙira. Ya kuma bayar da hujjar cewa wannan ba a sani ba a kasar Sin ko Turai har sai da yawa daga baya. Hassan ya ci gaba da da'awar cewa farkon shaidar rubutu game da bindigogi daga Gabas ta Tsakiya ne, bisa ga asalin asali waɗanda suka ba da rahoton bindigogin hannu da Mamluks ke amfani da su a Yaƙin Ain Jalut a 1260. Koyaya, da'awar Hassan ta sabawa da'awar da masana tarihi David Ayalon, Iqtidar Alam Khan, Joseph Needham, Tonio Andrade da Gabor Ágoston suka yi. Khan (1996) ya yi jayayya cewa Mongols ne suka gabatar da gunpowder ga duniyar Islama, kuma sun yi imanin cewa bindigogi sun isa Mamluk Egypt ne kawai a cikin 1370s. A cewar Needham (1986), kalmar "midfa", wacce aka rubuta a cikin matani daga 1342 zuwa 1352, ba ta nufin bindigogi na gaske ko bama-bamai ba, kuma asusun zamani na bindigogin ƙarfe a cikin duniyar Islama ba sa faruwa har zuwa 1365 Hakazalika, Andrade ya rubuta bayyanar bindigogi a cikin kafofin gabas ta tsakiya zuwa 1360s. Gabor Ágoston da David Ayalon sun yi imanin cewa Mamluks tabbas sun yi amfani da bindigogi na kewaye da shekarun 1360, amma amfani da bindigogi a cikin duniyar Islama ba shi da tabbas tare da yiwuwar bayyanar a cikin Masarautar Granada ta 1320s da 1330s, duk da haka shaidar ba ta tabbata ba.