Hülegü | Mongol Ruler Of Iran | Britannica

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Hülegü (born c. 1217—died Feb. 8, 1265, Jazīreh-ye-Shāhī, Iran) was a Mongol ruler in Iran who founded the Il-Khanid dynasty and, as part of a Mongol program of subduing the Islamic world, seized and sacked Baghdad, the religious and cultural capital of Islam. Some historians consider that he did more than anyone else to destroy medieval Iranian culture.

Quick Facts Also spelled: Hulagu (Show more) Born: c. 1217 (Show more) Died: Feb. 8, 1265, Jazīreh-ye-Shāhī, Iran (Show more) Title / Office: khan (1256-1265), Iran (Show more) House / Dynasty: Il-Khanid dynasty (Show more) Notable Family Members: brother Arigböge brother Möngke brother Kublai Khan (Show more) Role In: Battle of ʿAyn Jālūt (Show more) See all related content Show More

Hülegü, a grandson of Genghis Khan, was appointed by his brother Mangu Khan, the fourth great khan of the Mongols, to extend Mongol power in Islāmic areas. Hülegü destroyed the fortress of the Assassins (a militant Islāmic sect) in 1256 at Alāmut in north central Iran. He then defeated the caliph’s army and captured and executed al-Mustaʿṣim, the last of the ʿAbbāsid caliphs, and in 1258 he seized and largely destroyed Baghdad. He captured Syria but was decisively defeated by an Egyptian army in 1260. He then returned to Iran, settling in the province of Azerbaijan.

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