Gaykhatu

Gaykhatu
	Gaykhatu ascende al trono (miniatura del XV secolo)
Ilkhan
In carica	1291 –; 1295
Incoronazione	23 luglio 1291, Ahlat
Predecessore	Arghun
Successore	Baydu
Viceré dell'Anatolia
In carica	1284 –; 1291
Predecessore	Qonqurtai
Successore	Samagar
Nascita	1259 circa
Morte	24 marzo 1295
Dinastia	Borjigin
Padre	Abaqa Khan
Madre	Martai khatun
Consorte	Padishah Khatun
Religione	Buddhismo

Gaykhātū (in mongolo Gaihatu; mongolo in alfabeto cirillico Гайхату; in persiano گیخاتو خان‎, Gaykhātū Khān; 1259 circa – 24 marzo 1295) fu il quinto Ilkhan dell'Iran. Regnò dal 1291 fino al suo assassinio.

Durante il suo regno Gaykhātū fu additato dai suoi detrattori come un dissoluto che - secondo le accuse tipiche del tempo - avrebbe amato il vino (vietato dalla religione islamica), le donne e praticato la sodomia (anch'essa considerata un peccato dalla cultura islamica), a dar retta a Mirkhond.^[2] Il suo baghshi buddista gli dette il nome tibetano di Rinchindorj.

Il suo nome mongolo, derivante dal verbo "gaykhākh", vuol dire "meraviglioso/sorprendente".

^ Tra 1284 e 1286 con Hulachu.
^ John Stevens, The history of Persia. Containing, the lives and memorable actions of its kings from the first erecting of that monarchy to this time; an exact Description of all its Dominions; a curious Account of India, China, Tartary, Kermon, Arabia, Nixabur, and the Islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all Cities occasionally mention'd, as Schiras, Samarkand, Bokara, &c. Manners and Customs of those People, Persian Worshippers of Fire; Plants, Beasts, Product, and Trade. With many instructive and pleasant digressions, being remarkable Stories or Passages, occasionally occurring, as Strange Burials; Burning of the Dead; Liquors of several Countries; Hunting; Fishing; Practice of Physick; famous Physicians in the East; Actions of Tamerlan, &c. To which is added, an abridgment of the lives of the kings of Harmuz, or Ormuz. The Persian history written in Arabick, by Mirkond, a famous Eastern Author that of Ormuz, by Torunxa, King of that Island, both of them translated into Spanish, by Antony Teixeira, who liv'd several Years in Persia and India; and now render'd into English.

[1] Tra 1284 e 1286 con Hulachu.

[Stevens-2] John Stevens, The history of Persia. Containing, the lives and memorable actions of its kings from the first erecting of that monarchy to this time; an exact Description of all its Dominions; a curious Account of India, China, Tartary, Kermon, Arabia, Nixabur, and the Islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all Cities occasionally mention'd, as Schiras, Samarkand, Bokara, &c. Manners and Customs of those People, Persian Worshippers of Fire; Plants, Beasts, Product, and Trade. With many instructive and pleasant digressions, being remarkable Stories or Passages, occasionally occurring, as Strange Burials; Burning of the Dead; Liquors of several Countries; Hunting; Fishing; Practice of Physick; famous Physicians in the East; Actions of Tamerlan, &c. To which is added, an abridgment of the lives of the kings of Harmuz, or Ormuz. The Persian history written in Arabick, by Mirkond, a famous Eastern Author that of Ormuz, by Torunxa, King of that Island, both of them translated into Spanish, by Antony Teixeira, who liv'd several Years in Persia and India; and now render'd into English.

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