Palms Over Baghdad: Tumbling to Dust during the Mongol Invasion – Part II
The Fall of Bagdad
Hulegu sent messages to his commanders informing them to muster their forces and move on Baghdad.
Baiju moved his forces from Rum via Mosul to cover the western side. Ked-Buka advanced from Luristan, a province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains. Contingents from the Golden Horde under the command of Batu’s three nephews approached from Kurdistan from the north.
