Introduction

1109 A.D. Notes prepared by REH while writing historical fiction for ORIENTAL STORIES / MAGIC CARPET in the early 1930s.

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1109 A.D.

Ten years after the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders.

King of Jerusalem: King Baldwin I.
Prince of Antioch: Bohemund; ruled by Tancred.
Count of Edessa: Baldwin du Bourg.
Prince of Mosul: Kerbogna (?); emir Zenghi Imad-ed-din.
Caliph of Bagdad: el-Mustazhir.
Sultan of Persia: the Seljuk Muhammad.

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