Defeated Muslim leaders in crusade epics vow to destroy their own gods.

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“Oh, Lord Mahmet! How I used to love you And to serve and honor you with all my might! If ever I may return one day to my country I will burn you and reduce you to dust Or I will have you trampled by horses.” — John V. Tolan, Saracens, 676

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• SHARE: The image of a defeated general threatening to trample his own god under horses is darkly funny — good cocktail-level medieval trivia.