The Successors of Genghis Khan - Robert Bedrosian's Armenian ...

BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF MONGKE QA AN
Egypt. None of the children of Malik Kamil was left, and [Ai-Beg]
suddenly put Aq-Tai the Jama-Darl6s to death. He then ordered the
khutba to be read and coin to be struck in his own name and mounted
the throne as sultan.
In Kirman, Rukn al-Din was sultan. In the year 650/1252-1253
Qutb al-Din came from Court, and Rukn al-Din fled at once and
sought safety in the Seat of the Caliphate. For fear of the Mongols, he
was not admitted. From thence he betook himself to Court, whither
he was followed by Qutb al-Din. He was brought to trial, and Rukn
al-Din, after his guilt had been established, was handed over to
Qutb al-Din for execution. The latter was given the sultanate of Kirman
and mounted the throne of kingship.166
History of the maliks and atabegs
In Mazandaran - 167
In Diyar Bakr — 168
In the Maghrib — _ 169
In Fars the atabeg was Muzaffar al-Din Abu Bakr -
And in Sistan .I71
History of the strange and unusual occurrences that happened during
this period1"12
165 On Paris al-Din Aq-Tai (Joinville's Faraquatay), the Mamluk general, see Lane-
Poole, pp. 257-60. The jdma-dar, or Master of the Wardrobe, was a high official in the
Egyptian Sultan's household.
166 For a fuller account, see HWC, pp. 481-82.
167 Blank in the MSS. l68 Blank in the MSS.
169 Blank in the MSS. I7° Blank in the MSS.
171 Blank in the MSS.
172 The text of this section is absent in all the MSS.
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