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<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:~~Fall Of Baghdad~~ (~~Diez Albums~~).jpg|border|~~center~~|~~800x800px~~|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]~~The '''~~[[~~wikipedia:Siege_of_Baghdad|siege of Baghdad~~]]~~''' took place~~ in ~~early 1258 when a large army~~ under ~~Hulegu,~~ a ~~prince~~ of ~~the Mongol Empire, attacked Baghdad~~, the ~~capital~~ of the ~~Abbasid Caliphate. Hulegu had been sent by his brother,~~ the ~~Mongol khan Möngke,~~ to ~~conquer Persia~~. ~~When Baghdad's ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, failed~~ to ~~reinforce the Mongol army~~, ~~an angered Hulegu decided to overthrow him. The Mongol army routed a sortie led by al-Musta'sim's ''dawatdar'' (a leading minister)~~ and ~~besieged~~ the ~~city. After Mongol siege engines breached Baghdad's walls within days~~, ~~al-Musta'sim surrendered~~ and ~~was later executed. The Mongol army pillaged~~ the ~~city for a week. The number~~ of ~~deaths was inflated by epidemics of disease, but Hulegu estimated his soldiers killed 200,000~~. ~~Although the siege is often seen~~ as ~~the end~~ of the ~~Islamic Golden Age~~, ~~Baghdad prospered under Hulegu~~'s ~~Ilkhanate~~. This ~~double-page illustration, taken from a 14th~~-~~century manuscript~~ of ~~Rashid al-Din Hamadani's ''Jami' al-tawarikh'', depicts~~ the ~~attempted escape~~ of ~~the ''dawatdar'' down the river Tigris~~ (~~centre right~~)~~; the soldiers on the pontoons forced him back to Baghdad with the loss~~ of ~~three ships. The manuscript forms part~~ of the ~~Diez Albums, now in~~ the ~~collection of~~ the ~~Berlin State Library in Germany~~.

<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:McCULLOCH, Hugh-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg|border|left|513x513px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]<big>[[Hugh McCulloch]] (December 7, 1808 – May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as United States Secretary of the Treasury under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his reputation as head of the Bank of Indiana from 1857 to 1863 persuaded the Treasury to bring him in to supervise the new system as Comptroller of the Currency from 1863 to 1865. As Secretary of the Treasury from 1865 to 1869 under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, McCulloch reduced and funded the gigantic Civil War debt of the Union, and reestablished the federal taxation system across the former Confederate States of America. He served another six months as Secretary of the Treasury from 1884 to 1885, at the close of Chester A. Arthur's term as president. This line-engraved portrait of McCulloch was created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of a BEP presentation book of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury; McCulloch's portrait was used on the 1902 United States twenty-dollar bill.</big>

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-<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:Fall Of Baghdad (Diez Albums).jpg|border|center|800x800px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]The '''[[wikipedia:Siege_of_Baghdad|siege of Baghdad]]''' took place in early 1258 when a large army under Hulegu, a prince of the Mongol Empire, attacked Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. Hulegu had been sent by his brother, the Mongol khan Möngke, to conquer Persia. When Baghdad's ruler, Caliph al-Musta'sim, failed to reinforce the Mongol army, an angered Hulegu decided to overthrow him. The Mongol army routed a sortie led by al-Musta'sim's ''dawatdar'' (a leading minister) and besieged the city. After Mongol siege engines breached Baghdad's walls within days, al-Musta'sim surrendered and was later executed. The Mongol army pillaged the city for a week. The number of deaths was inflated by epidemics of disease, but Hulegu estimated his soldiers killed 200,000. Although the siege is often seen as the end of the Islamic Golden Age, Baghdad prospered under Hulegu's Ilkhanate. This double-page illustration, taken from a 14th-century manuscript of Rashid al-Din Hamadani's ''Jami' al-tawarikh'', depicts the attempted escape of the ''dawatdar'' down the river Tigris (centre right); the soldiers on the pontoons forced him back to Baghdad with the loss of three ships. The manuscript forms part of the Diez Albums, now in the collection of the Berlin State Library in Germany.
+<h3 style="padding:3px 7px; margin:8px 0; background-color:#CEDFF2;">Today's Featured Picture</h3>[[File:McCULLOCH, Hugh-Treasury (BEP engraved portrait).jpg|border|left|513x513px|style=max-width:40%; margin-right:10px;]]<big>[[Hugh McCulloch]] (December 7, 1808 – May 24, 1895) was an American financier who played a central role in financing the American Civil War. He served two non-consecutive terms as United States Secretary of the Treasury under three presidents. He was originally opposed to the creation of a system of national banks, but his reputation as head of the Bank of Indiana from 1857 to 1863 persuaded the Treasury to bring him in to supervise the new system as Comptroller of the Currency from 1863 to 1865. As Secretary of the Treasury from 1865 to 1869 under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, McCulloch reduced and funded the gigantic Civil War debt of the Union, and reestablished the federal taxation system across the former Confederate States of America. He served another six months as Secretary of the Treasury from 1884 to 1885, at the close of Chester A. Arthur's term as president. This line-engraved portrait of McCulloch was created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) as part of a BEP presentation book of the first 42 secretaries of the treasury; McCulloch's portrait was used on the 1902 United States twenty-dollar bill.</big>
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