Hulegu Khan
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 Painting of Hulegu Khan on Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, early 14th century. | |
| Ilkhan | |
| Reign | 1256 – 8 February 1265 |
| Successor | Abaqa Khan |
| Born | c. 1217 Mongolia |
| Died | (aged 47) Zarrineh River |
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| Consort |
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| Issue | See below |
| House | Borjigin |
| Father | Tolui |
| Mother | Sorghaghtani Beki |
| Religion | Buddhism[1][2] |
| Tamgha |  |
Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulagu[n 1] (c. 1217 – 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. Son of Tolui and the Keraite princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan, and Kublai Khan.
Hulegu's army greatly expanded the southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire, founding the Ilkhanate in Persia. Under Hulegu's leadership, the Mongols sacked and destroyed Baghdad ending the Islamic Golden Age and weakened Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo and ended the Abbasid Dynasty.
- ^ Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. p. 358. ISBN 9780813513041.
- ^ Vaziri, Mostafa (2012). "Buddhism during the Mongol Period in Iran". Buddhism in Iran: An Anthropological Approach to Traces and Influences. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 111–131. doi:10.1057/9781137022943_7. ISBN 9781137022943.
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