H o l a k uʼ s R e t u r n 38 you have occupied. Annex them to the Mongol land so that peace will prevail between us. Al Mustasim signs the message stamps it and hands it over to Ibn Al Algami. Al Mustasim: Now send this message with some gifts to Holaku. Exits Ibn Al Algami while Al Duwaidar remains with Al Mustasim. Al Duwaidar: My Lord, is this true? Al Mustasim: True? It is not true, but how Holaku was made aware of our situation? Al Duwaidar: How? First through your minister and those, whom he had appointed to look after his interests. Al Mustasim: My minister? I don’t believe this! Hahaha! Al Duwaidar: My lord, for two years I kept asking you to provide us with enough money to build a strong army worth of defending you and Islam! What did you benefit from all these jewels that you accumulate and heaped up? I had
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