Concerning the Murder of Shams ad-Din, the Master of the Diwan
XI- Now there was a stone of contention between ‘ARGHON and ‘AHMAD because of SHAMS AD-DIN, the Master of the Diwin, for to ‘ARGHON it had been said, ‘The Master of the Diwin killed thy father with poison’. Therefore ‘ARGHON sent and demanded him from ‘AHMAD, and AHMAD would not give him up. And thus ‘ARGHON indulged a suspicion concerning ‘AHMAD that he was gratified by the death of the King of Kings, ‘ABAKA, so that he could sit in his place, however it happened. Now ‘AHMAD being disgraced, and ‘ARGHON having triumphed,...
Read MoreArghon [Arghun], the son of ‘Abaka [Abagha/Abaqa]
XI- After TAKUDAR, who was called ‘AHMAD, ‘ARGHON, the son of ‘ABAKA, [ruled]. The kingdom of ‘AHMAD having come to an end in the manner in which we have described, on the fourth day of the week, on the first day of the fifth month of the ARABS, of the year six hundred and eighty-three (A.D. 1284), that is to say on the twenty-sixth day of the month of TAMMUZ (JULY), of the year fifteen hundred and ninety-five of the GREEKS (A.D. 1284), ‘ARGHON, King of Kings, sat on the throne of the kingdom. And though many of the nobles said, ‘It is not right that...
Read MoreTakudar [Teguder] ‘Ahmad
XI- After ‘ABAKA [came] his brother who was called ‘AHMAD. When ‘ABAKA, the King of Kings, had departed from this world, all the sons of the kings, together with the nobles, gathered together, and they agreed that ‘AHMAD, the son of HULABO, whom KUTAI Khatun, the Great Queen, had borne to him, should be the head of the MONGOI.S who were in the west, because the way (or, path) belonged to him, and he was the eldest of his brothers. And he sat on the throne of the kingdom on the first day of the week, on the twenty-first day of the month of HAZIRAN (JUNE), in the year...
Read MoreBar Hebraeus’ Chronography Concerning the Taking of Antioch
Oxford University Press London 1932 XI In the month of KHAZIRAN (JUNE) of this year, BUNDUKDAR, the lord of EGYPT, sent armies against ANTIOCH the Great of SYRIA, and they took it with the sword because there was not in it a force sufficient for its defence; and moreover those who were therein had not understanding enough to surrender it in peace. Therefore the EGYPTIANS went into it, and they slew all the males therein, and they destroyed the famous churches, and they took captive women, and sons, and daughters, and they left it a heap of ruins and a desert place until this day. And in the...
Read MoreBar Hebraeus’ Chronography After Hulabu [Hulegu], Abaka [Abagha] was King of Kings
XI- In the days when HULABO the IL-KHAN departed from this temporary life, the sons of the kings and the MONGOLS agreed together that his eldest son should sit upon the throne of his father, because they saw that God had adorned him with understanding, and wisdom, and a good disposition, and mercifulness. And when the kingdom was established for him, he showed himself triumphant in his wars, and the conqueror of all his enemies, and he was beloved by all the peoples who were under his dominion. And in this year, which is the year [fifteen hundred] and seventy-six [of the GREEKS], EPHTHIMIUS...
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