Mongol Ilkhanate

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The Mongol Ilkhanate was a major Mongol-ruled khanate that controlled much of Iran, Iraq, and surrounding regions in the 13th–14th centuries, playing a key role in the political and cultural transformation of the Middle East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mongol khanate
historical state
successor state of the Mongol Empire
alliedWith Cilician Armenia
surface form: Kingdom of Cilician Armenia

Kingdom of Georgia
alsoKnownAs Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate

Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanid dynasty

Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanids
battledWith Chagatai Khanate
Golden Horde
Mamluk Sultanate
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
capital Maragheh
surface form: Maragha

Sultaniyya
Tabriz
continent Asia
convertedToIslamUnder Ghazan
countryToday Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Iran
Iraq
Pakistan
Syria
Turkey
currency dinar
dirham
dissolutionDate 1335
endTime 1335
followedBy Chobanids
Injuids
Jalayirid Sultanate
Karts of Herat
Muzaffarids
Sarbadars
foundedBy Hülegü Khan
foundingDate 1256
importantCulturalCenter Maragha observatory
Tabriz
knownFor contributing to the Islamization of the Mongols in the Middle East
integration of Mongol and Persian administrative practices
promotion of Persian as an administrative language
transforming the political landscape of Iran and Iraq in the 13th–14th centuries
languageUsed Arabic
Mongolic languages
surface form: Mongolian

Persian
majorCity Baghdad
Isfahan
Mosul
Shiraz, Iran
surface form: Shiraz

Tabriz
notableBattle Battle of Ain Jalut
Battle of Homs (1281)
Battle of Wadi al-Khaznadar
Sack of Baghdad (1258)
surface form: Siege of Baghdad (1258)
notableRuler Abaqa Khan
Abu Saʿid Bahadur Khan
Arghun
Ghazan
Hülegü Khan
Tekuder
Öljeitü
notableScholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
officialReligionAfter1295 Islam
partOf Mongol Empire
patronOf Islamic art
Persian literature
architecture
astronomy
predecessor Abbasid Caliphate
Khwarazmian Empire
Seljuk Empire
region Middle East
religion Buddhism
Nestorianism
surface form: Nestorian Christianity

Shamanism
Sunni Islam
Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
startTime 1256

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Mongol Ilkhanate alsoKnownAs Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Mongol Ilkhanate alsoKnownAs Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanid dynasty
Mongol Ilkhanate alsoKnownAs Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanids
Pax Mongolica appliesToPolity Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Turco-Mongol associatedWith Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Chagatai Khanate borderedBy Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Kingdom of Georgia borderedBy Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Hafez countryOfCitizenship Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Hülegü Khan dynasty Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Cilician Armenia enemy Mongol Ilkhanate
Hülegü Khan founded Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Mongol foundedEmpire Mongol Ilkhanate
subject surface form: Mongols
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Great Khan hasAuthorityOver Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Great Khan hasAuthorityOver Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Mongol-ruled Persia
Greater Iran historicallyLinkedTo Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Timurid dynasty precededBy Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Abbasid Caliphate replacedBy Mongol Ilkhanate
Chagatai Khanate significantEvent Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: conflicts with Ilkhanate
Abbasid Caliphate succeededBy Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Mongol Ilkhanate in Iraq
al-Musta'sim successorState Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Mongol Ilkhanate in Iraq
Mongol successorStates Mongol Ilkhanate
subject surface form: Mongols
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Seljuk Sultanate of Rum vassalOf Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate
Tabriz wasCapitalOf Mongol Ilkhanate
this entity surface form: Ilkhanate (for a period)