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Sykes' History of Persia Vol 2 (pdf) - Heritage Institute

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CHAPTER LVII<br />

THE HEATHEN IL-KHANS OF PERSIA<br />

Brother David has arrived at our Court and presented letters sent through<br />

your envoys to the Holy Father and other Christian Kings. We note in them<br />

the love you bear to the Christian faith, and the resolution you have taken to<br />

relieve the Christians and the Holy Land from the enemies <strong>of</strong> Christianity.<br />

We pray Your Magnificence to carry out this holy project.<br />

We cannot at this<br />

time send you any certain news about the time <strong>of</strong> our arrival in the Holy<br />

Land, and <strong>of</strong> the march <strong>of</strong> the Christians, since at this moment nothing has<br />

been settled by the Sovereign Pontiff. Answer <strong>of</strong> Edward I. <strong>of</strong> England to<br />

Abaga, dated z6th January 1274 (? 1275).<br />

h.u. 663-680(1265-1281). Abaga Khan, 1 the<br />

eldest son <strong>of</strong> Hulagu, was elected to succeed his father<br />

with ceremonies similar to those observed in the case <strong>of</strong><br />

the Khakan, but he did not assume the full state <strong>of</strong><br />

royalty until his election had received confirmation from<br />

Khubilay. One <strong>of</strong> his earliest acts was to marry a natural<br />

daughter <strong>of</strong> the Emperor Michael Paleologus, by name<br />

Mary, who, despatched as a bride to Hulagu,<br />

after hearing<br />

<strong>of</strong> his death continued her journey to the Mongol<br />

1<br />

To make the relationship between the various Il-Khans clear, I append a table<br />

taken from The Mohamedan Dynasties.<br />

I. Hulagu.

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