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October 4. Acre. Guido de Basainvilla domorum militiae Templi praeceptor in regno Hierosolimitano, who is in good health, informs the bishop of Orléans of events in the East. He has heard that the Mongols (Tartari) have invaded the sultanate of Konya and have caused immense destruction. Mamluk Egypt and Ayyubid Damascus have made peace on the news that the Mongols are intent on invading Palestine. The Christian settlers have received a report of Mongol plans from the king of Cilician Armenia. Guido has also learned of an earthquake and volcanic eruption in Arabia which destroyed Muhammad’s tomb at Medina, and even had some effects in the region of Baghdad.