This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...the death of Malek-Adel, had openly shown their ambitious designs and sought to introduce divisions into the Mussulman armies. The most remarkable among these emirs, was the leader of a troop of Curds, named Emadeddin, who had taken a part in all the revolutions of Egypt The Chronicle of Ibn-fcrat, from which we have ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1881 Excerpt: ...the death of Malek-Adel, had openly shown their ambitious designs and sought to introduce divisions into the Mussulman armies. The most remarkable among these emirs, was the leader of a troop of Curds, named Emadeddin, who had taken a part in all the revolutions of Egypt The Chronicle of Ibn-fcrat, from which we have drawn lhat which we relate, says that Emad-eddin was the ton of Seif-Eddinabonl-HassanAli-ben-Ahmed Alhckari, surnamed Ibn-almachtoub (son of the Scarred), on account of a wound which had marktrd his face. The same chronicle adds that the emir, the son of the Scarred, despised the futile things of kings, mid Syria. Associated with the destinies of t.ie sons of Ayoub, this emir had witnessed the rise and fall of several Mussulman dynasties, and held in contempt the powers of which he knew both the source and the origin. An intrepid soldier, a faithless subject, always ready to servo his sovereigns in fight or betray them in a conspiracy, Emad-eddin could not ei dure a prince who reigned by the laws of peace, or recognise a power which was not the fruit of his intrigues or of a revolution. As fortune had always favoured his audacity, and as all his treacheries had been well rewarded, every fresh revolt augmented his credit and his renown; an enemy to all acknowledged authority, the hope of all who aspired to empire, he was almost as redoubtable as the Old Man of the Mountain, whose menaces made the most powerful monarchs tremble. Emad-eddin resolved to change the government of Egypt, and conceived the project of dethroning the sultan of Cairo, and replacing him by another of the sons of Malek-Adel. Several emirs were drawn into this conspiracy. On the day appointed, they were to enter the tent of Melic-Kamel, and compel him, by violence, to renou...
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