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Showing posts with label Hulagu Khan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hulagu Khan. Show all posts
Monday, May 13, 2024

Great Mosque of Samarra

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During the reign of the Abbasid caliph  al-Mutawakkil  (822 - 861), he commissioned several building projects. Up to 20 palaces are listed ...
Thursday, September 7, 2023

Mongolian Civil War

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The death of Möngke Khan in 1259 led to the Toluid Civil War, a fight between two of the remaining sons of Toluid over who would succeed Mön...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Hulagu Khan

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Hulagu Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan (Genghis had 43 grandchildren—known ones, that is, because he slept with a lot  of women in his l...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

The Destruction of Baghdad, Part 2

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Part 1 is here . Hulagu Khan did not execute the Abbasid leader, Caliph al-Musta'sim, immediately; he wanted him punished for his foolis...
Monday, September 4, 2023

The Destruction of Baghdad, Part 1

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The Sack of Baghdad has been described as the single bloodiest event in the history of war. At the time, Baghdad was perhaps the greatest ...
Sunday, September 3, 2023

The Siege of Baghdad

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The House of Wisdom was a marvelous repository of knowledge from all over the world. It also functioned as an informal university long befo...
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Mamluks & Mongols

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[ source ] The Mongols were expanding westward. Under Genghis Khan they had taken a huge chunk out of Asia, from what is now the Koreas...