_ 31 _ Sultan himself would not be in a good position because of the ancient hatred between him and the Turk. The grand Sultan, whose name was Cosergaurij [AI-Gauri], made the said alliance, and sent his ambassadors to our great Lord, asking him not to make war against the Sophy and not to do any harm. He did wrong in this, and the Turk, while knowing about the alliance, replied that he must destroy him and that he would not desist from war. When the Sultan saw the answer, he sent all his men, and with a large army he departed in person on July 10th, with a much larger army jointed to his. He went towards Aleppo where he had ordered all his forces to unite, and in less than ten days he had thirty thousand Mamluks and twenty thousand Arabs from Arabia, and twenty thousand infantry soldiers. When our Lord learn this, he left Constantinople for his camp, and he sent two ambassadors to the Sultan […] Lesqun (?) and (?) Caragabar], to explain the cause of his coming [...] without […] the soldiers departing from their […]. Because this Embassy did not have a quick reply, he clearly recognized the alliance between the Sultan and the Sophy. So, our Lord assembled all his learned men and asked them for advice about what the law of God commands in such a case. They all answered that it was without doubt lawful to go against the Sultan and remove
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