Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The battle marked the end of the westward expansion of the Mongol Empire. It also confirmed the ascendancy of the Mamluks." [Furtado: 1001 Days] The Mamluks formed one of the most powerful and wealthiest empires of the time, lasting from 1250 to 1517." [Wikipedia] "Baybars created his own barid, or postal system, using relays of horse-borne messengers, hand-picked and well rewarded for their reliability. . . . These men could routinely bring a message from Damascus to Cairo in four days, or three in an emergency." [Asbridge: The Crusades, p. 625] "During the seventeen years of his sultanate, his unbridled energy saw him travel some 25,000 miles, prosecuting thirty-eight campaigns. Martial genius brought him more than twenty victories against the Latins. The reign of Baibars marked the start of an age of Mamluk dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean and solidified the durability of their military system. He managed to pave the way for the end of the Crusader presence in the Levant and reinforced the union of Egypt and Syria as the region's pre-eminent Muslim state, able to fend off threats from both Crusaders and Mongols . . ." [Wikipedia]