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The Ilkhanate ruler Ghazan defeats a Mamluk army that opposes his invasion into Syria in the Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar near Homs.
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Post-Mongol Empire khanate in Iran
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Ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate from 1295 to 1304
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