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Professor Finbarr Barry Flood FBA | The British Academy.
Finbarr Barry Flood
Idol-Breaking as Image-Making in the 'Islamic State'
Arab chroniclers depict the Mongol invasion of Iraq in the thirteenth century as uniquely destruc...
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more Arab chroniclers depict the Mongol invasion of Iraq in the thirteenth century as uniquely destructive. Eight centuries later, its specter was sufficiently enduring and potent to be invoked by Saddam Hussein in an apocalyptic speech made in 2003 to rally support against the impending American-led invasion of Iraq.
Yet there are numerous indications that early rule by the Mongols was by no means marked by destruction and ruin. These include inscriptions such as those preserved until recently in the monastic church of the Christian saint Mar Behnam, 30 kilometers southeast of Mosul.
One, inscribed in the ancient Aramaic language of Syriac, detailed how in 1295 a Mongol raiding party stole the monastery's gold and silver, including its precious liturgical vessels. The inscription went on to record