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"The Evening Of Wednesday, The 14th Of Safar, 656 (20th February, 1258), The Khalif Was Put To Death In The Village Of Wakf, With His Eldest Son And Five Eunuchs Who Had Never Quitted Him." Later Writers Say That He Was Wrapt In A Carpet And Trodden To Death By Horses.

[Cf. The Story of the Death of the last Abbaside Caliph, from the Vatican MS.

Of Ibn-al-Furat, by G. le Strange (Jour. R. As. Soc., April, 1900, pp. 293-300). This is the story of the death of the Khalif told by Ibn-al-Furat (born in Cairo, 1335 A.D.):

"Then Hulagu gave command, and the Caliph was left a-hungering, until his case was that of very great hunger, so that he called asking that somewhat might be given him to eat. And the accursed Hulagu sent for a dish with gold therein, and a dish with silver therein, and a dish with gems, and ordered these all to be set before the Caliph al Musta'sim, saying to him, 'Eat these.' But the Caliph made answer, 'These be not fit for eating.' Then said Hulagu: 'Since thou didst so well know that these be not fit for eating, why didst thou make a store thereof? With part thereof thou mightest have sent gifts to propitiate us, and with part thou shouldst have raised an army to serve thee and defend thyself against us! And Hulagu commanded them to take forth the Caliph and his son to a place without the camp, and they were here bound and put into two great sacks, being afterwards trampled under foot till they both died - the mercy of Allah be upon them." - H. C.]

The foundation of the story, so widely received among the Christians, is to be found also in the narrative of Nikbi (and Mirkhond), which is cited by D'Obsson.

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