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 | | Four chapters of his Historia Pontificum Salonitanorum atque Spalatensium2 narrate the approach of the Mongols to Hungary, the conquest of the country, the flight of Bela IV to Dalmatia with the invading army in pursuit, the unexpected withdrawal of the Mongols, and the famine that followed their departure. |
 | | Nevertheless, King Bela, whose political favor toward the rival town of Trau deeply troubled the archdeacon, is held accountable, albeit obliquely, for the slowness and ineptitude of hisresponse to the first rumours of the Mongol advance. |
 | | Bela was aprised of this intention, however, and transferred his court from Zagreb to the Dalamtian coast as the Mongol army followed in pursuit (I), The king was received at Spalato, where he stayed only briefly, owing to a disagreement with the townsment. |
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