The Nāṣirī Generations 294.14

294.14

After this act, the Nu-yin, Ilkan, with a numerous army was despatched into Sham to recover what had been lost, and take vengeance for this defeat. Rashid-ud-Din says, Hulaku intended to have done so himself, but was prevented through the disturbances which arose consequent upon the death of Mangu Ka'an. In the year 658 H., the Shah-zadah, Yushmut, accompanied by the Amir, Suntae, after the affair of Mayya-farikin, by command of his father, proceeded to subdue the territory of Mardin. When Yushmut and his forces appeared before that fortified city, they were amazed on beholding its strength. It is described in the Masalik wa Mamalik, and in Ibn Haukal, as an impregnable