Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü

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13th-century conflict Mongol invasion military campaign

The Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü was a 13th-century campaign that shattered major Islamic powers, most notably through the sack of Baghdad in 1258 and the destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Mongol invasion of the Abbasid Caliphate	2
Mongol invasions of the Middle East	2
Mongol campaigns in Syria	1
Mongol invasion of Persia	1
Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian successor states	1
Mongol invasion of the Middle East	1
Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	13th-century conflict ⓘ Mongol invasion ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
cause	Mongol objective to subdue Islamic powers in the Middle East ⓘ Möngke Khan’s plan to expand Mongol rule into the Islamic world ⓘ
commander	Hülegü Khan ⓘ
conflict	Mongol conquest of Damascus (1260) ⓘ surface form: Sack of Damascus (1260) Siege of Alamut ⓘ Siege of Aleppo (1260) ⓘ Sack of Baghdad (1258) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Baghdad (1258) Siege of Maymun-Diz ⓘ
endTime	1260 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Ain Jalut ⓘ
follows	Mongol conquest of the Khwarezmian Empire ⓘ surface form: Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia
hasEffect	long-term demographic and economic damage in Mesopotamia ⓘ shift of Islamic political center to Cairo under the Mamluks ⓘ
hasParticipant	Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ surface form: Ayyubid rulers of Syria Caliph al-Musta'sim ⓘ Hülegü Khan ⓘ Kitbuqa ⓘ Baibars ⓘ surface form: Mamluk commander Baybars Baibars ⓘ surface form: Mamluk sultan Qutuz Nizari Imam Rukn al-Din Khurshah ⓘ
historicalPeriod	High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion	Islamic world ⓘ
location	Anatolia ⓘ Iran ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Syria ⓘ
opponent	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ Ayyubid dynasty ⓘ Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt Nizari Ismaili state ⓘ
orderedBy	Möngke Khan ⓘ
partOf	Mongol conquests ⓘ expansion of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
religiousContext	collapse of a major Sunni Islamic center ⓘ
result	Mongol control over much of Iran and Iraq ⓘ destruction of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ destruction of the Nizari Ismaili strongholds ⓘ establishment of the Ilkhanate ⓘ fall of Baghdad in 1258 ⓘ
significantEvent	destruction of libraries and infrastructure in Baghdad ⓘ execution of the Abbasid caliph ⓘ massacre of inhabitants of Baghdad ⓘ
startTime	1250s ⓘ 1256 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Möngke Khan → campaignDirected → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

Möngke Khan → conflict → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasions of the Middle East

Mongol conquests → hasPart → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of the Middle East

Mongol conquests → hasPart → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of Persia

Mongol conquests → hasPart → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of the Abbasid Caliphate

Mongol conquests → hasPart → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol campaigns in Syria

Baibars → conflict → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasions of the Middle East

Mongol conquest of the Khwarezmian Empire → followedBy → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of the Abbasid Caliphate

Mongol conquest of the Khwarezmian Empire → followedBy → Mongol invasion of the Middle East under Hülegü ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian successor states