Ilkhanate
RegionIran/Iraq
Period1256-1335
Founded ByHulagu Khan
About Ilkhanate
The Mongol khanate in Persia, founded by Hulagu Khan after he sacked Baghdad in 1258. The Mamluks halted its westward advance at Ain Jalut in 1260. Its rulers converted to Islam under Ghazan Khan. The vizier Rashid al-Din wrote one of the first world histories. It fragmented after the death of Abu Said in 1335.
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