A ranar 15 ga Afrilu, 1277, Sultan Baybars naMamluk Sultanate, ya jagoranci runduna, ciki har da mahaya aƙalla 10,000, zuwa cikin yankin SuljukSultanate na Rûm , wanda Mongol ke mamaye da su, suna yin yaƙin Elbistan.Fuskantar rundunar Mongol da Armeniyawa , Georgians , da Rum Seljuks, Mamluk, wanda Baybars da Janar Badawiyyansa Isa ibn Muhanna suka jagoranta, sun fara gwagwarmaya da harin Mongol, musamman a gefen hagu.Yaƙin ya fara ne da tuhumar Mongol akan manyan mayaƙan doki na Mamluk, wanda ya haifar da hasarar gagaruman ga Mamluk na Makiyaya.Duk da koma bayan da aka samu a farko, gami da asarar masu rike da madafun iko, sai Mamluk suka sake haduwa suka kai farmaki, inda Baybars da kansa ya tunkari barazanar da ke gefen hagunsa.Ƙarfafawa daga Hama ya taimaka wa Mamluks a ƙarshe sun mamaye ƙananan sojojin Mongol.Mongols, maimakon ja da baya, sun yi yaƙi da mutuwa, inda wasu suka tsere zuwa tsaunuka da ke kusa.Bangarorin biyu sun yi tsammanin samun goyon baya daga Pervâne da Seljuks, wadanda suka kasance ba sa shiga.Bayan yakin ya ga sojojin Rumi da yawa ko dai sun kama ko kuma sun shiga cikin Mamluks, tare da kama dan Pervâne da wasu jami'ai da sojojin Mongol.Bayan nasarar, Baybars ya shiga Kayseri da nasara a ranar 23 ga Afrilu, 1277. Duk da haka, ya bayyana damuwarsa game da yakin da ake yi na kusa, inda ya danganta nasarar da Allah ya yi a maimakon karfin soja.Baybars, da ke fuskantar yuwuwar sabbin sojojin Mongol da rashin samun kayan aiki, sun yanke shawarar komawa Siriya.A lokacin da ya ja da baya, ya batar da Mongols game da inda ya nufa, ya kuma ba da umarnin kai hari a garin al-Rummana na Armeniya.A martanin da ya mayar, Mongol Ilkhan Abaqa ya sake tabbatar da iko a Rum, inda ya ba da umarnin kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa musulmi a Kayseri da gabashin Rum, tare da magance tawaye daga Turkmen Karamanid.Duk da cewa da farko ya shirya ramuwar gayya a kan Mamluk, al'amurran da suka shafi kayan aiki da bukatun cikin gida a cikin Ilkhanate ya sa aka soke wannan balaguron.Daga karshe Abaqa ya kashe Pervâne, bisa zarginsa da cinye namansa a matsayin wani mataki na ramuwar gayya.