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  BOOK TWO

  THE HOLY WAR

  _Anno Domini 1264-1266 Year of the Hegira 662-664_

  "That which striketh! What is that which striketh? Ah, who will convey to thee what the Striking is?" --The Koran, Surah CI

  "How many men have slept in happiness, unaware that sudden death was about to strike them?" --Hulagu Khan