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HISTORY OF GUYUK KHAN<br />

Diyar Bakr, where they captured Harran and Ruha53 and took<br />

Mardin by peaceful means. Shihab al-Din Ghazl54 fled to Egypt, where<br />

he settled and obtained support.<br />

In Fars there reigned the Atabeg Abu Bakr, who was busy organizing<br />

his army.<br />

53 Edessa, the modern Urfa.<br />

54 Al-Muzaffar Shihab al-DIn Ghazi, the Aiyubid ruler <strong>of</strong> Maiyafariqin (1230-<br />

1245)-

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