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

BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF QUBILAI QA AN
Nasir li-Dm Allah278 had had it dug for his own resting-place and that
his son, Zahir,279 acting contrary to the terms of his will, had buried
him in Rusafa280 amongst his forefathers. Now it is one of the marvels
of Time that the birth of Khwaja Nasir took place on the very day on
which this chamber was completed, Saturday, the nth Jumada I,
597 [i8th February, 1201]. He lived for 77 years, 7 months and 7 days.
On the 25th Dhul-Hijja, 673 [sand June, 1275] Arghun Aqa281
died in the meadows of Radkan, near Tus.
2781180-1225. 2791225-1226.
280 On the tombs of the Caliphs in Rusafa in eastern Baghdad, see Baghdad, pp.
193~94- 281 See above, pp. 230-31.
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