[Semper Paratus]

When the Mongols laid seige to Baghdad they had the Caliph brought out and asked him to surrender the city and spare the inhabitants death and slavery.

He refused, so they tied him into a leather sack and ran an army of calvary over him. He was the last Caliph of Islam.

[swarthyguy]

OK, nitpicking, but wasn't the Caliph restored by the Ottomans until Ataturk abolished it in the early 20's?

Last Arab one, yes.

[Bedford Forrest]

When the Mongols laid seige to Baghdad they had the Caliph brought out and asked him to surrender the city and spare the inhabitants death and slavery. He refused, so they tied him into a leather sack and ran an army of calvary over him. He was the last Caliph of Islam.

Has anyone told these Mongol types that we want Sodom Hussein alive, not all mushy in a leather sack? Talk about sending in the hard core!!!! To make it really sweet, how about a battalion of Ghurkas.