Ghazan

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Ghazan was a prominent Ilkhanid ruler of Persia known for converting the Mongol state to Islam and implementing major administrative and fiscal reforms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ghazan canonical 9
Ghazan Khan 4
Ilkhan Ghazan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ilkhanid ruler
Mongol ruler
Muslim monarch
alliedWith Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia
Kingdom of Georgia
surface form: Georgian Kingdom
birthDate 1271
birthPlace Abaskun region
burialPlace Sham-i Ghazan complex, Tabriz
capital Tabriz
commissioned Jami al-Tawarikh manuscripts
surface form: Jami al-Tawarikh
conversionInfluencedBy Nawrūz (Amir Nawruz)
conversionYear 1295
convertedTo Islam
countryRuled Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate

Persia
deathDate 1304-05-11
deathPlace Qazvin
deathYear 1304
dynasty Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate
era early 14th century
late 13th century
ethnicGroup Mongol
father Arghun
fullName Ghazan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mahmud Ghazan
givenName Mahmud
implemented anti-corruption measures
currency reforms
grain reserve system
land survey and registration
tax reforms
languageSpoken Mongolic languages
surface form: Mongolian

Persian
ledCampaign Syrian campaigns against the Mamluks
militaryConflict Mamluk Sultanate
mother Qutluq Khatun
notableFor administrative reforms in Persia
converting the Ilkhanate to Islam
fiscal reforms in the Ilkhanate
ordered construction of mosques and madrasas
patronOf Rashid al-Din Hamadani
predecessor Baydu
reignEnd 1304
reignStart 1295
religion Buddhism
Islam
religiousPolicy promoted Sunni Islam as state religion
protected Christians and Jews as dhimmis
successor Öljeitü
surface form: Öljaitü
title Ilkhan

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Borjigin hasNotableMember Ghazan
Ilkhanid art patron Ghazan
this entity surface form: Ghazan Khan
Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar associatedRuler Ghazan
this entity surface form: Ghazan Khan
Rashid al-Din Hamadani employedBy Ghazan
this entity surface form: Ghazan Khan
Rashid al-Din Hamadani advisorTo Ghazan
this entity surface form: Ghazan Khan
Öljeitü relative Ghazan
Öljeitü predecessor Ghazan
Ghazan fullName Ghazan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mahmud Ghazan
Ilkhan notableHolder Ghazan
Persian chronicles of the Mongol Empire patron Ghazan
this entity surface form: Ilkhan Ghazan