"Kitbuqa Noyan (Mongolian: \u0425\u0438\u0442\u0431\u0443\u0445; Kazakh: \u041A\u0435\u0442\u0431\u04B1\u0493\u0430 \u0416\u044B\u0440\u0430\u0443; died 1260) was a Nestorian Christian of the Naiman Turkic, a group that was subservient to the Mongol Empire. He was a lieutenant and confidant of the Mongol Ilkhan Hulagu, assisting him in his conquests in the Middle East. When Hulagu took the bulk of his forces back with him to attend a ceremony in Mongolia, Kitbuqa was left in control of Syria, and was responsible for further Mongol raids southwards towards Egypt."@en . "Kitbuqa"@en . . "Mongol general" . . "1260Z"^^ .