After defeating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkhanate" id="mwHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ilkhanate">Mongols</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ain_Jalut" id="mwIA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Ain Jalut">Battle of Ain Jalut</a> and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutuz" id="mwIQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Qutuz">Qutuz</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybars" id="mwIg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baybars">Baybars</a> ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mamluk Sultanate">Mamluk Sultanate</a>.<sup about="#mwt25" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"}}' id="cite_ref-3" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_24#cite_note-3" id="mwJA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwJQ">[3]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-3"><cite about="#mwt22" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFPetry2022">Petry, Carl F. (2022). <i id="mwCEo">The Mamluk Sultanate: A History</i>. <a href="./Cambridge_University_Press" id="mwCEs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>. p.<span id="mwCEw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>10. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCE0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCE4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781108557382" id="mwCE8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781108557382"><bdi id="mwCFA">9781108557382</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt22" class="Z3988" id="mwCFE" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Mamluk+Sultanate%3A+A+History&amp;rft.pages=10&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2022&amp;rft.isbn=9781108557382&amp;rft.aulast=Petry&amp;rft.aufirst=Carl+F.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOctober+24"></span></span>