Debunking the overplayed Mongol card — On January 29, 1258, Al-Musta’sim, the last Abbasid Caliph, had his worst nightmare come true. After cheering for Alamut’s(the Nizari Islamili capital) annihilation the caliph found the Mongol war machine, led by Hulagu Khan, at his doorstep. The caliph underestimated how little…