Hulagu Khan

Hulagu
Khan
Hulagu with his Kerait queen Doquz Khatun
Reign	1217 - 1265
Died	8 February 1265
Burial	Lake Urmia
Consort	Doquz Khatun
Father	Tolui
Mother	Sorghaghtani Beki
Religion	Buddhism[note 1][1][2][3]

Hulagu Khan, also known as Hulagu, Hülegü or Hulegu (Хүлэгү, Khülegü; Chagatai/Persian: ہلاکو - Halaku; Arabic: هولاكو; c. 1217 – 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia and established the Illkhanate.

Son of Tolui and the Kerait princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan, and the brother of Arik Boke, Mongke and Kublai Khan. He was also the step-father of Absh Khatun. Hulagu's army greatly expanded the southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire, founding the Ilkhanate of Persia. Under his leadership, the Mongols destroyed the two greatest centers of Islamic power, Baghdad in the year 1258,^[4] and Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluks in Cairo.
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1. ↑ Martin, Dan; Samten, Jampa (2014). "Letters for the Khans: Six Tibetan Epistles for the Mongol Rulers Hulegu and Khubilai, and the Tibetan Lama Pagpa. Co-authored with Jampa Samten". In Roberto Vitali (ed.). Trails of The Tibetan Tradition: Papers for Elliot Sperling. Amnye Machen Institute. ISBN 9788186227725.
2. ↑ Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Rutgers University Press. p. 358. ISBN 9780813513041.
3. ↑ Vaziri, Mostafa (2012). "Buddhism during the Mongol Period in Iran". Buddhism in Iran: An Anthropological Approach to Traces and Influences. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 111–131. doi:10.1057/9781137022943_7. ISBN 9781137022943.
4. ↑ "Six Essays from the Book of Commentaries on Euclid". www.wdl.org. 12 February 2019.