The Mongol forces were smaller but they were supported by Armenians, Georgians and Rum Seljuks that bolstered their numbers.

The Mamluk army was led by Baybars and his Bedouin Arab general Isa ibn Muhanna and his Egyptian companionship vizier Zayn al-Din Ahmad bin Hanna.

[6][7] During the battle, the Mongols destroyed the Mamluk left wing, consisting of many Bedouin irregulars, but were ultimately defeated.

The Pervâne had attempted to ally himself with both factions to keep his options open, but fled the battle with the Seljuk Sultan to Tokat.

After Baybars was victorious, he marched unopposed to Kayseri (Qaysariyya) in the heart of Anatolia in triumph and entered it on April 23, 1277; just over a week after the battle.

In this festival, Baibars forbade the beating of drums of good tidings telling his emirs: "How can I rejoice?

In light of Baibar's victory, Pervâne attempted to draw in the Mamluks into a confrontation with a fresh Mongol army led by Abaqa himself.

The possibility of a new Mongol army convinced Baibars to return to Syria since he was so far away from his bases and supply line.

Baibars also sent Taybars al-Waziri with a force to raid an Armenian town called al-Rummana, whose inhabitants had hidden the Mongols earlier.

He ordered the Muslim population of Kayseri (Qaysariyya) and eastern Rum to be put to death.

[9] Abaqa's army had to put down a rebellion of Karamanid Turkmen who declared their loyalty to Baibars.

Pervâne's flesh was eaten by Abaqa and the senior Mongols as an act of revenge, according to King Hethum II of Armenian Cilicia.