Bar Hebraeus’ Chronography Concerning the beginning of the kingdom of Badr ad-Din Lulu, the lord of Mawsil
X- And in the year fifteen hundred and forty-four of the GREEKS (A.D. 1232-1233), a patent of sovereignty was written by the Khalifah for BADR AD-DIN, the lord of MAWSIL, and he was proclaimed Sultan. For the young man NASIR AD-DIN MAHMUD, the son of KAHIR (KRAH), the son of NUR AD-DIN, was already dead. Now the sons of ‘ADIL murmured greatly against the Sultan ‘ALA AD-DIN because he had taken KHALAT from them. And they collected a mighty crowd [of soldiers] from EGYPT to BIROA. And there were associated with the EGYPTIANS also the lord of the fortress of ZAID, and the lord of...
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