التحالف الفرنجي المغولي: الفرق بين النسختين

يتناقش المؤرخون فيما إذا  ما إذا كان التحالف بين الفرنجة و المغول قد ينجح في تغيير ميزان القوى في المنطقة و ما إذا كان قرارا حكيما من جانب الأوروبيين.<ref name="historyindispute">See Abate and Marx. pp. 182–186, where the question debated is "Would a Latin-Ilkhan Mongol alliance have strengthened and preserved the Crusader States?'{{'"}}</ref> فالمغول كان يميلون لرؤية أي طرف خارجي إما تحت سيطرتهم أو من الأعداء من دون وجود فسحة أمل "للوسط" كمفهوم مثل حليفا.<ref name="jackson-46">Jackson. ''Mongols and the West''. p. 46. See also pp. 181–182. "For the Mongols the mandate came to be valid for the whole world and not just for the nomadic tribes of the steppe. All nations were ''[//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure de jure]'' subject to them, and anyone who opposed them was thereby a rebel (''bulgha''). In fact, the Turkish word employed for 'peace' was that used also to express subjection&nbsp;... There could be no peace with the Mongols in the absence of submission." {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530072423/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_jure |date=30 مايو 2019}}</ref><ref>Jackson. ''Mongols and the West''. p. 121. "[The Mongols] had no allies, only subjects or enemies".</ref>