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Hulegu

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Week 14: Nomadic Challenges IDs

 

Hulegu Khan

Virginia Hoke

 

 

Hulegu was one of the grandsons of Chinggis Khan. He was a ruler of the Ilk Han portions of the Mongol Empire. One of his main attacks was the capture and seduction of Baghdad in 1258. He murdered 800,000 people from the Abbasid caliph (second dynasty of Sunnis in the Arab Empire) and ended the dynasty that ruled the center of the Islamic world.

 

 

 

  • Lived: 1217 – 8 February 1265
  • Position: he became the first khan of the Ilkhanate of Persia.
  • Family: brother of Arik Boke, Mongke and Kublai Khan

 

 

 

__The story of the Battle of Baghdad__

The Mongol army, led by Hulagu Khan set out for Baghdad in November of 1257. He marched with what was probably the largest army ever, completed with Mongols.

His forces attacked from both sides of the city, they broke bridges to and from the city, and trapped them in their own city. By March of the next year they had captured all alive citizens of Baghdad.

 

 

 

 

Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan, rests during a hunt. Note Mongol bow, arrows and unique footwear.

Hulagu's army attacks Baghdad, 1258. Note siege engine in foreground.

Silver dirham from the reign of Hulagu,

 

 

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