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HISTORY OF THE CEUSADES. 509<br />

Twelve of bis sons and relatives succeeded him and disputed<br />

the sovereignty. Malek-Adel, the brother of the<br />

sultan, and companion in bis exploits, profited by the inexperience<br />

of his nephews, and took possession of Eg^-pt and<br />

Mesopotamia. The most powerful of the emirs followed<br />

bis example, and shared the cities and provinces amongst<br />

them. Asia then beheld that empii-e fall to decay, which,<br />

raised for the ruin of the Chi^istians, bad, in its growth and<br />

progress, twice roused all the nations of the AYest to arms.<br />

EITD OE VOL. I.

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