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it fell to Hulagu in 1258
1260 is Ayn Jalut, not the fall
1492 is Granada's year
750 begins the Abbasid era, not ends it
Genghis's grandson Hulagu razed it
Genghis died thirty years before
Timur came a century after
Qutuz the Mamluk defeated them, did not destroy
Ayn Jalut was their first great defeat
Baghdad fell; it did not stop them
Damascus was not the battle site
Cairo was the Mamluk seat, not the field
Egypt's Mamluks under Qutuz and Baybars
the Abbasids had just ended
Ottomans came centuries later
the Crusaders did not beat them there
the Ilkhanids turned Muslim and ruled as such
they did not destroy forever; they converted
they stayed and ruled, did not return
they did not die out; they converted
Ghazan was the first openly Muslim Ilkhan
Hulagu did not convert; Ghazan did
Timur was not an Ilkhan
Genghis never reached Islam
he destroyed much but his Samarkand flourished
a Mongol leader, not a caliph
a Mongol, not an Ottoman
a commander, not a scholar
Samarkand his capital, later a learning centre
Baghdad was not his city
Istanbul was Ottoman, not Timurid
Delhi was later Indian
Ulugh Beg built Samarkand's observatory
Babur was a later descendant in India
Akbar was a later Mughal
Hulagu was of another branch
the first great defeat halting their sweep
a first halt, not last battle
a halt, not a fall
it preserved Islam, did not end it
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