كتب هولاكو المهددة إلى الناصر صاحب دمشق
كتب هولاكو المهددة إلى الناصر صاحب دمشق
c. 1258 CE · 656 AH
Hulagu's letters to al-Nasir of Damascus: 'We killed their soldiers with God's sword; the city's lord came into our service, lied under questioning, and earned death. Answer the king of the earth — the hour you stand on our letter, Syria's fortresses turn heaven to earth and length to breadth'. And: 'we have wasted lands and slain women and children; you who remain will follow those gone — we are armies of ruin, not of dominion; lions cower at our awe; amirs and caliphs are in my fist; we are coming to you — yours to flee, ours to pursue' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
The first letter
Hulagu tells him that when he set out for Iraq their troops came out against him and he killed them, and that the lord of that city came out to serve him, then lied to him and deserved death. He calls on al-Nasir to answer him, and says that the fortresses of Syria will not stop him. 1
The second and third letters
In the second he mentions the conquest of Baghdad and the end of its rule, and promises safe conduct to whoever answers his call. In the third he describes the lands and people he destroyed, and announces that they are coming to Syria, and that the addressees may flee and that they will be pursued. 1
These are Hulagu's words as al-Suyuti relates them, and not the museum's judgement.
Connections
- Had participant
- هولاكو خان· الناصر صاحب دمشق
People and things also explored
اجتياح التتار بغداد وقتل المستعصم· Abaga ibn Hulagu· Monke Khan ibn Tolui· Qubilai Khan ibn Tolui· الناصر صاحب دمشق· هولاكو خان
Sources
- Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition), p. 718-719
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “كتب هولاكو المهددة إلى الناصر صاحب دمشق”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/hulagu-letters-damascus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.