In 1258, the Abbasid dynasty was invaded by the Mongols under Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan. The caliph had been deluded by promises from his vizier that the Mongols could be driven off by the women of Baghdad throwing stones at them, and did not raise an army to defend the city from the largest Mongol army ever assembled. Instead he sent weak threats to Hulagu, warning the Mongols that they faced the wrath of God if they attacked Baghdad.

　　Hulagu's forces besieged the city, and the caliph had to surrender, leading to a week-long massacre by the Mongols, regarded as one of the most devastating events in the history of Islam.

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　　一二五八年，成吉思汗的孫子旭烈兀可汗率領(lǐng)蒙古軍隊(duì)進(jìn)侵阿拔斯王朝。阿拔斯王誤聽大臣的話，以為巴格達(dá)城中婦女向蒙古人擲石頭，就可以把他們擊退，并沒有征募軍隊(duì)守城，對(duì)抗這支歷來最龐大的蒙古雄師，只是向旭烈兀發(fā)出軟弱的恐嚇，說攻擊巴格達(dá)將受天譴。

　　旭烈兀揮軍攻城，阿拔斯王唯有投降。蒙古人展開一個(gè)星期屠殺，是回歷來最慘痛的劫難之一。

　　【附注】阿拔斯王朝公元七五○年開始統(tǒng)治阿拉伯回世界，以巴格達(dá)為首都，八世紀(jì)末至九世紀(jì)初勢(shì)力極盛。Caliph是從前回最高統(tǒng)治者的稱號(hào)。旭烈兀那場(chǎng)屠殺，死者或說有二十萬(wàn)，或說達(dá)八十萬(wàn)，或說超過百萬(wàn)。Vizier指古時(shí)回國(guó)家的大臣。