Hulagu khan death story
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Hulagu Khan
Hulagu Khan (ca. 1216-1265) was a Mongol conqueror and the founder of the dynasty of the Il-Khans of Iran. He also suppressed the Ismaili sect and defeated the last Abbasid caliph.
Hulagu—the native form of his name is Hüle'ü, whence the Alau of Marco Polo—was a grandson of Genghis Khan and the younger brother of the Great Khans Mangu (Möngkë) and Kublai. At a kuriltai, or assembly of the Mongol princes, held in 1251 at the time of Mangu's accession, it was decided that Hulagu should consolidate the conquests in western Asia by suppressing the sect of the Ismailis, or Assassins of Alamut, in northwestern Persia and then, if necessary, attacking the caliphate.
Hulagu left Mongolia in the autumn of 1253 at the head of a large army. Traveling slowly along a carefully prepared route, from which all natural obstacles had been removed, he did not cross the Oxus, then the frontier between the Chaghatai Khanate and Persia, until the beginning of 1256. By the end of that year the greater part of the Ismaili castles had been captured, and the Grand Master himself was a
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Hulegu Khan
Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)
This article is about the founder of the Ilkhanate. For the Chagatai khan, see Qara Hülegü. For the Xiongnu chanyu, see Hulugu. For other uses, see Halaku (disambiguation).
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. As a 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 the Abbasid dynasty. They also weakened Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo.
Background
Hulegu was born to Tolui, one of Genghis Khan's sons, and Sorghaghtani Beki, an influential Keraite princess and a niece of Toghrul in 1217.[3] Not much is known of Hulegu's childhood except of
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Hulegu Khan was the brother of Möngke Khan, the 4th Khagan of the Mongol Empire. In 1251, Mongke Khan ascended the throne of the Mongol Empire. He summoned his brother Hulagu Khan and entrusted him to achieve the incomplete mission of Genghis Khan of conquering the world.
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Hulegu Khan’s expedition
The immediate objective of Hülagü’s expedition was the destruction of the Nizari Ismailis – the Assassins based in the Alburz mountains and Quhistān. Hulegu Khan left his encampment in Mongolia in October 1253 for Central and West Asia with highly qualified soldiers and commanders, such as Mongke’s personal steward KetBuqa (Ked Bukha). The army included a thousand engineers and infantry from Northern China. The Mongol forces have been estimated at around 150,000.
Hulagu crossed the Oxus in January 1256. From there he first moved to Quhistan in April of 1256 and gradually eliminated the Ismaili state from Alburz mountains. During the operations against the Ismailis, Hulagu demanded reinforcements from the Abbasid Caliph. Caliph Al- Musta‛ṣim’s instinct was t
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