Parliament votes for first time to choose President amid bid to save Iraq from collapse: 100 candidates vie for Iraq presidency in sign system is out of control. The image background above is of the invading army of Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan, conducting an ultimately successful siege on Baghdad walls in 1258. Sayf al-vâhidî et al. – Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Division orientale, Supplément persan 1113, fol. 180v-181