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0540 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2 / Page 540 (Grayscale High Resolution Image)

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Pachymeres says that Ghâzán made Cyrus, Darius, and Alexander his patterns,
and delighted to read of them. He was very fond of the mechanial arts : "no one
surpassed him in making saddles, bridles, spurs, greaves, and helmets ; he could
hammer, stitch, and polish, and in such occupations employed the hours of his leisure
from war." The same author speaks of the purity and beauty of his coinage, and the
excellence of his legislation. Of the latter, so famous in the East, an account at
length is given by D'Ohsson. (Hayton in Ramus. II. ch. xxvi. ; Pachym. Andron.
Palæol. VI. 1 ; D'Ohsson, vol. iv.)

Before finally quitting the "Tartars of the Levant," we give a representation of
the finest work of architecture that they have left behind them, the tomb built for
himself by Oljaitu (see on this page), or, as his Moslem name ran, Mahomed
Khodabandah, in the city of Sultaniah, which he founded. Oljaitu was the brother
and successor of Marco Polo's friend Ghâzán, and died in 1316, eight years before our
traveller.