Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar
| Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar | |||||||
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The Kingdom of Cilician Armenia, 1199–1375 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mamluk Sultanate | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sempad the Constable † King Leo II | Baybars (DOW)? | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Several hundred Armenian knights and their retinues | Unknown but superior to Armenian forces, including 1,000 Mamluk horsemen | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown, including 300 Armenian knights | Unknown but reportedly heavy | ||||||
The Second Battle of Sarvandik'ar was fought in 1276 A.D. between an army of the Mamluks of Egypt and a unit of Cilician Armenians, in a mountain pass that separates Eastern Cilicia and Northern Syria. The battle was part of the Armenian war effort against a much larger and better trained army that habitually raided the Cilician Plain and threatened to annihilate the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.