While more can always be said on the topic, I hope my brief summary in the following link might offer some basic ideas: Wikipedia alleges that contingents from Armenian Cilicia, Georgia and the Principality of Antioch were present at the sack of Baghdad by the Ilkhanate in 1258, accompanied by a big fat [citation needed]. I presume this is complete BS, but is there some slight grain of truth to it, even if not the absolute specifics?
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