Talk:Kutlushah

Does this Kutlushah need an article?

The names of perhaps several hundred Mongol commanders appear in the primary sources. Why does Kutlushah deserves his own article? The article includes none of the information normally present in biography. We know only that he was active at the beginning of the 14th century and participated in an invasion of the Levant. This article at best ought to be a permanent stub. Aramgar (talk) 19:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

I support the idea of a merge to Mongol raids into Palestine. I'm not seeing enough independent information on Kutlushah to justify a separate article at this time. --Elonka 22:26, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

This article ought to be merged rather than made a "permanent stub". Aramgar (talk) 23:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Please see relevant discussion at Talk:Mongol raids into Palestine. PHG (talk) 19:22, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Later life of Kutlushah

I found an interesting piece of information on the later life of Kutlushah in David Morgan's The Mongols. Here is a proposed paragraph: I would appreciate if someone could transfer it to the main page, at the end of the article:

Kutlushah is later mentionned as the Commander-in-chief of Ghazan's successor, the Mongol ruler Oljeitu. He is recorded as having criticized the adoption of the Muslim faith by the Mongols:
"What is this that we have done, abandonning the new Yasaq and Yusun of Chingiz Khan, and taking up the ancient religions of the Arabs, which is divided into seventy-odd parts? The choice of either of these two rites (Hanafi or Shafii) would be a disgrace and a dishonourable act, since in the one, marriage with a daughter is permitted, and in the other, relations with one's mother or sister. We seek refuge in God from both of them! Let us return to the yasaq and yusun of Chingiz Khan"

• Morgan, David, The Mongols, Blackwell Publishing, 2007, ISBN 1405135395

Thanks PHG (talk) 17:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

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