Bar Hebraeus’ Chronography Concerning the Taking of Samarkand by the Tatars
X- And in this year, which is the year six hundred and eighteen of the ARABS (A.D. 1221), after the TATARS had taken the city of BUKHARA, they came and encamped against the great city of SAMARKAND, [445] in which many large villages flourished, and it was surrounded with splendid paradises (or, gardens). And Sultan MAHAMAD had left in it to protect it one hundred and ten thousand mighty warriors and fighting men. Now when CHINGIZ KHAN heard that the city was so strong in respect of fighting men, he went in person to attack it. And the MONGOLS surrounded it, and they counted the towers...
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