Siege of Baghdad
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title:
Siege of Baghdad
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The siege of Baghdad took place in early 1258 at Baghdad, the historic capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. After a series of provocations from its ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, a large army under Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked the city. Within a few weeks, Baghdad fell and was sacked by the Mongol army—al-Musta'sim was killed alongside hundreds of thousands of his subjects. The city's fall has traditionally been seen as marking the end of the Islamic Golden Age; in reality, its rami
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Mongol conquest of the Abbasid Caliphate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad
date created:
2005-08-24T20:45:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T14:27:35Z
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