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January 15, 2024	Good article nominee	Listed
September 17, 2024	Featured article candidate	Promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 29, 2005, and February 10, 2024. The text of the entries was: August 29, 2005: Did you know ...that the Mongols, led by Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu Khan, executed Al-Musta'sim, the Abbasid caliph of the Islamic state, following the 1258 Battle of Baghdad? February 10, 2024: Did you know ... that before besieging Baghdad in 1258, the Mongol prince Hulegu Khan ended a letter to the city's ruler with the words "I will show you the meaning of the will of God"?
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on February 10, 2009, February 10, 2010, February 10, 2013, February 10, 2014, February 10, 2015, and February 10, 2024.
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On 28 December 2023, it was proposed that this article be moved from Siege of Baghdad (1258) to Siege of Baghdad. The result of the discussion was moved.