Mamluk–Golden Horde Alliance (1340s)

Timeline

1. 1341–1345Cairo · EgyptAl-Nasir Muhammad acceded to the Mamluk sultanate for the third time in 1340, and with Jani Beg (acceded 1342) continued the anti-Ilkhanate alliance dating from the mid-13th century, jointly checking the various Persian splinter powers through diplomatic exchanges and coordinated policy.
2. 1346–1348Cairo · EgyptIn the 1340s the Mamluks and the Golden Horde jointly recognized and funded the Abbasid caliph in Cairo, thereby building a religious-political legitimacy alliance in the Islamic world against the Ilkhanate and the post-Ilkhan states.
3. 1349–1350West Asia–Caucasus corridor · CaucasusIn the late 1340s, the Mamluk–Golden Horde alliance checked the Jalairids, Chobanids, and other post-Ilkhan states through diplomatic coordination and military deterrence, preventing any one side from re-establishing a unified Mongol–Persian hegemony and maintaining a multipolar balance in West Asia and Eastern Europe during the 1340s.