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Primary sources document the Mongol sack of Baghdad

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Numerous contemporary and near-contemporaneous chronicles, administrative records, and literary texts in Arabic, Persian, and Syriac document the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258.

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The retrieved papers repeatedly discuss various primary source accounts (chronicles, inscriptions, and histories written in Arabic, Persian, and Syriac) that document the 1258 siege and sack of Baghdad by the Mongols under Hulagu Khan. None of the papers dispute the historical fact of the sack itself; some merely debate specific epidemiological interpretations of the sources regarding a plague outbreak.

Evidence for · 5
Al-awādi al-ğāmia: A Contemporary Account of the Mongol Conquest of Baghdad, 656/1258
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Hend Gilli-Elewy. Al-awādi al-ğāmia: A Contemporary Account of the Mongol Conquest of Baghdad, 656/1258. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1163/157005811x561569

Paper [0] utilizes a contemporary local Iraqi chronicle (Al-Ḥawādiṯ al-ğāmiʿa) detailing the events of 1258 as a primary source.

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Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258)? A reevaluation of the sources
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J. Brack, Michal Biran, R. Amitai. Plague and the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258)? A reevaluation of the sources. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2023.38

Paper [1] examines multiple near-contemporaneous Persian, Arabic, and Syriac historical accounts regarding the siege of Baghdad.

Penyerangan Mongol Terhadap Dinasti Abbasiyah Dan Dampaknya Pada Peradaban Islam Serta Bidang Sosial-Politik Tahun 1258 M
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Miftahul Jannatil Harvina, Nicky Bima, Koni Ramadhan, E. Roza. Penyerangan Mongol Terhadap Dinasti Abbasiyah Dan Dampaknya Pada Peradaban Islam Serta Bidang Sosial-Politik Tahun 1258 M. 2025. https://doi.org/10.38073/batuthah.v4i2.2629

Paper [5] employs primary and secondary sources to examine the 1258 Mongol invasion and its impact on the Abbasid Dynasty.

Revival of the Abbasid caliphate in Cairo In light of inscriptions on Mamluk coins 659) AH/ 1261CE): إحياء الخلافة العباسية في القاهرة في ضوء النقوش الكتابية على النقود المملوكية (659هـ/1261 م)
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Elshahat Anwar Barakat. Revival of the Abbasid caliphate in Cairo In light of inscriptions on Mamluk coins 659) AH/ 1261CE): إحياء الخلافة العباسية في القاهرة في ضوء النقوش الكتابية على النقود المملوكية (659هـ/1261 م). 2020. https://doi.org/10.26389/AJSRP.R130820

Paper [6] discusses primary historical inscriptions and chronicles documenting the fall of Baghdad and the execution of the last Abbasid caliph in 1258.

Visions of a Lost Caliphal Capital: Baghdad, 1258 CE
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Mona Hassan. Visions of a Lost Caliphal Capital: Baghdad, 1258 CE. 2017. https://doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691166780.003.0002

Paper [7] analyzes poetry, historical chronicles, and literature documenting the 1258 loss of Baghdad from the perspective of premodern observers.

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first checked01 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 8101 Aug 2026
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