10-16, 204-206; Joseph. Bell. Jud. VII. 5, 5, and V. 5, 4;
Pliny, VIII. 74 (or 48); Plautus, Pseudolus, I. 2; Yonge's
Athenaeus, V. 26 and XII. 54; Mongez in Mem. Acad. IV. 275-276.)
NOTE 5. - [Bretschneider (Med. Res. I. p. 114) says: "Hulagu left
Karakorum, the residence of his brother, on the 2nd May, 1253, and
returned to his ordo, in order to organize his army. On the 19th October
of the same year, all being ready, he started for the west." He arrived at
Samarkand in September, 1255. For this chapter and the following of Polo,
see: Hulagu's Expedition to Western Asia, after the Mohammedan Authors,
pp. 112-122, and the Translation of the Si Shi Ki (Ch'ang Te), pp.
122-156, in Bretschneider's Mediaeval Researches, I. - H. C.]
NOTE 6. - ["Hulagu proceeded to the lake of Ormia (Urmia), when he
ordered a castle to be built on the island of Tala, in the middle of the
lake, for the purpose of depositing here the immense treasures captured at
Baghdad. A great part of the booty, however, had been sent to Mangu Khan."
(Hulagu's Exp., Bretschneider, Med. Res. I. p. 120.) Ch'ang Te says
(Si Shi Ki, p. 139): "The palace of the Ha-li-fa was built of fragrant
and precious woods. The walls of it were constructed of black and white
jade. It is impossible to imagine the quantity of gold and precious stones
found there." - H. C.]
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