Polovtsi, a tribe akin to the Mongols; befriend the Mongols; are betrayed and slaughtered, 133;
seized with terror, they desert their allies at the Kalka, 134, 135.
Risvan, Prince of Aleppo, a friend of the Assassins, 214;
loses Apaméa; reproached by Syrian princes; his death, 215.
Rokn ud din, son of Shah Mohammed, holds Persian Irak, 113;
slain by Mongols, 145.
Rokn ud din Kelidj Arslan, son of Kei Kosru, sovereign of Rūm, 181;
his partisans, 182;
receives the land west of the Sivas; installed as Sultan, 183;
receives news of his father’s death; visits Ogotai; asks asylum of the Kalif; his death, 195.
Rokn ud din, son of Alai ed din, Grand Prior of the Assassins, 240;
made heir; opposes his father; causes the assassination of his father, 241;
demolishes castles and gives the Mongols assurance of obedience, 242;
is given five days for surrender, 243;
visits Hulagu; marries a Mongol woman; goes to Mongolia; his death, 245.
Rusudan, Queen of Georgia, 159;
finds an asylum in Imeretia, 175;
refuses to leave Usaneth; sends her son as hostage to Batu, 179;
attacked by King David; recommends her son to Batu, Khan of the Golden Horde; takes poison and dies, 180. [[423]]
Saïn Tegin, brother of Kulku Goa, 11;
falls ill and dies; the shaman is killed, and the family involved in a blood feud, 12.
Saladin, son of Eyub, 226;
his birth, 227;
goes to Egypt; is left in command at Alexandria, 229;
plot against his life, 230;
becomes vizir of the Kalif, 231;
delivers the blow which destroys the main branch of the Western Ismailites, 231;
takes possession of the Sultan’s palace; finds a splendid library, 236;
strengthens fortifications, 237;
goes to Aleppo; strong champion of the Abbasids; occupies Emesa and Baalbek, 238;
determines to destroy the Assassins; returns to Cairo, 239.
Salah, son of Bedr ud din of Mosul; letter stolen by Ibn Yunus; goes to Syria; wife defends Mosul, 278;
goes to Egypt; returns to Mosul, 279;
surrenders to Hulagu, 280;
killed in a terrible manner, 281.
Salih, son of Nur ed din, is taken to Aleppo, 237, 238.