Chapter X

Ravage of Amid and Mayafarkin by Mongols.—Devastation of
Azerbaidjan.—Capture of Erbil by Mongols.—Mongols in Arabian Irak,
1238.—Capture of Gandja by Mongols, 1235.—Capture of Tiflis by
Mongols, 1239.—Mongols advance to the Tigris.—Visit of Prince Avak
and his sister, Tamara, to Ogotai, 1240.—Mongols in Syria,
1244.—Capture of regions north of Lake Van.—Sheherzur sacked by
Mongols.—The Mongols driven off from Yakuba by Bagdad
troops.—Refusal of Queen Rusudan to leave Usaneth.—Death of
Rusudan.—Installation of Kuyuk, 1246.—Death of Kei Kosru,
1245.—Struggle of Rokn ud din for rule in Rūm.—Death of Alai ud
din.—Mangu Grand Khan of the Mongols, 1251.—Visit of Rokn ud din to
Sarai.—Entrance of Baidju into Rūm.—Great ruin effected by Mongols
in Asia Minor.—Appointment by Juchi of Chin Timur as Governor of
Kwaresm.—Ravaging by Kwaresmian bands in Khorassan.—Attack upon the
Kankalis by Chin Timur.—Visit of the Prince of Iran to
Ogotai.—Authority transferred from Chin Timur to Sari
Bahadur.—Reinstatement of Chin Timur.—Chin Timur’s choice of Kurguz
as chancellor.—Death of Chin Timur, 1235.—Visit of Kurguz to
Ogotai.—Kurguz appointed to collect taxes.—Residence of Kurguz at
Tus.—Command of Ogotai to raise up Khorassan, and repeople
Herat.—Struggle between Sherif and Kurguz.—Death of
Kurguz.—Succession of Sherif.—Sherif’s oppression of the people of
Tebriz.—Death of Sherif, 1244.—Visit of Argun to the Kurultai which
elected Kuyuk, 1251.—Election of Mangu, 1251.—Argun’s reception in
Merv.—Shems ud din’s reign in Herat.—Death of Rokn ud din.—Death of
Shems ud din, 1244.—Death of Kutb ud din, 1258.—Position of Persia
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