The Nāṣirī Generations 291.1.1

291.1.1

and from both of these rulers bodies of cavalry arrived to the assistance of the infidel army. The infidel forces gathered around Hulaku in 'Irak, and turned their faces towards Baghdad. The Lord of the Faithful, Al-Musta’sim B’illah, had a Wazir, a rafizi [a shi'ah heretic] of bad religion, and his name was Ahmad, the ’Alkami. Between him, the Wazir, and the eldest son of the Lord of the Faithful, who Hulaku Khan, after having completed the downfall of the Mulahidahs, had been commissioned to invade ’Irak-i-’Arab, and reduce the Khalifah. Considering this a great piece of good luck, the Wazir resolved to profit by it. He forthwith set to work to render the design of the Mughals successful, and enable them to gain possession of Baghdad without trouble and without delay, by opening communication with Hulaku, and giving him all the information he could.