Excerpt from The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol. 3: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time; Compiled From Original Authors The Hiltory of the Arabs from the Elevation of the Family of Abbas to the Throne of the Moflems, to the taking of Baghdad by the Tartars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.