▁Mong ols ▁did ▁not ▁attack ▁Del hi ▁this ▁time . ▁They ▁knew ▁that ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁heavily ▁guard ed , ▁and ▁the ▁Mong ol ▁arm ies ▁had ▁been ▁unable ▁to ▁capture ▁it ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁Therefore , ▁they ▁r ans ack ed ▁the ▁territ ories ▁at ▁the ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁Sh ival ik ▁Hills , ▁and ▁then ▁proceeded ▁south - east ▁to ▁the ▁Gang etic ▁pla ins ▁along ▁the ▁H imal ay an ▁fo oth ills . ▁ ▁A la ud din ' s ▁response ▁▁ ▁A la ud din ▁sent ▁a ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 - strong ▁caval ry ▁led ▁by ▁Mal ik ▁N ay ak ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁Mong ols . ▁Mal ik ▁N ay ak ' s ▁sub ordinate ▁command ers ▁included ▁Bah ram ▁A ib ah , ▁T ug hl u q , ▁Mah m ud ▁S art iah , ▁Q arm sh i , ▁Q ut ta , ▁Tak li , ▁and ▁Tul ak . ▁This ▁army ▁faced ▁the ▁Mong ols ▁somewhere ▁in ▁present - day ▁Am ro ha ▁district ▁on ▁ 2 0 ▁December ▁ 1 3 0 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁Mong ols ▁launched ▁one ▁or ▁two ▁weak ▁attacks ▁on ▁the ▁Del hi ▁army . ▁In ▁words ▁of ▁the ▁Del hi ▁chron ic ler ▁Am ir ▁Kh us ra u , ▁they ▁were ▁" like ▁an ▁army ▁of ▁mos qu ito es ▁which ▁tries ▁to ▁move ▁against ▁a ▁strong ▁wind ". ▁The ▁Del hi ▁army ▁inf lic ted ▁a ▁cr ushing ▁defeat