ʿAin Jālūt

ʿAin Jalut or Ain Jalut , also Ain Djalut, Ain Jalut, Ayn Jalut and Ayn Jalut ( Arabic عين جالوت Ain Jalut , DMG ʿAin Ǧālūt  'Goliathsquelle'), is a place in Israel near Nazareth , where Baibars , the Mamluk commander of Egypt,defeated a Mongol army of Hülegüs under the command of the Nestorian Naiman Kitbukha in a battle in 1260. This victory led to the reconquest of Syria and stopped the flow of the Mongol advance into the Middle East . According to legend, it is the place where David killed Goliath.

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Commons : ʿAin Jālūt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Ma'ayan Harod National Park. Israel Nature and Parks Authority
• Berthold Seewald: How slaves made themselves “saviors of Islam”. Welt, January 31, 2017

Coordinates: 32 ° 33 ′ 37 ″  N , 35 ° 23 ′ 27 ″  E