Wikipedia's article on the 1258 siege of Baghdad, community-edited. Reliable for the standard, well documented account of Hulegu Khan's siege, the execution of Caliph al-Musta'sim and the end of Abbasid political power; the article itself names the traditional claim that the Tigris ran black with the ink of destroyed manuscripts as a later traditional account, noting that modern historians record the city's major libraries reopening within two years, and this atlas states both rather than adopting the traditional claim as fact.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad_(1258)
Source Typereference
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the settled date, the caliph's fate and the end of Abbasid political power; the traditional black-Tigris claim is named as traditional rather than adopted as fact. NotesUsed for the 1258 Mongol siege of Baghdad and the end of the Abbasid Caliphate's political power.
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Claims Backed By This Source (23 claims)
This source backs 23 claims across the atlas. As facts: 15 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Spread Events, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
- Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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