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Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire. It was ruled by the Il-Khans or Ilkhanids (), and known to the Mongols as Hülegü Ulus (). The Ilkhanid realm was officially known as the Land of Iran (Irānzamin) or simply Iran. It was established after Hülegü, the son of Tolui and grandson of Genghis Khan, inherited the West Asian and Central Asian part of the Mongol Empire after his brother Möngke Khan died in 1259.
Maragheh
Maragheh () is a city in the Central District of Maragheh County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Maragheh is on the bank of the river Sufi Chay. It is from Tabriz, the largest city in northwestern Iran.
Jami' al-tawarikh
work of literature and history, produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate
Ormus
kingdom in Persian Gulf, established by Arab princes in 10th c., later under suzerainty of Persia and a client state of the Portuguese Empire
division of the Mongol Empire
from 1259 when Möngke Khan died, to 1294
Zij-i Ilkhani
medieval astronomical tables
Sulduz (tribe)
Mongolian tribe
Ala al-Din Eretna
Ala al-Din Eretna (Old Anatolian Turkish: ; died February–August 1352) was the first sultan of the Eretnids, reigning from 1343 to 1352 in central and eastern Anatolia. Initially an officer in the service of the Ilkhanate officer Chupan and his son Timurtash, Eretna migrated to Anatolia following Timurtash's appointment as the Ilkhanid governor of the region. He took part in Timurtash's campaigns to subdue the Turkoman chiefs of the western periphery of the peninsula. This was cut short by Timurtash's downfall, after which Eretna went into hiding. Upon the dissolution of the Ilkhanate, he alig
Möngke Temür
Ilkhanate prince (1256-1282)
Qonqurtai
Qonqurtai () was a Mongol prince and viceroy of Anatolia for the Ilkhanate khanate.
Yoshmut
Yoshmut () was an Ilkhanate prince and one of the eldest sons of Hulagu. According to Dai Matsui and Daniel King, his name was of Christian Uyghur origin and ultimately derived from the Sogdian word "ʿywšmbt" (cognate with ).
Geoffrey of Langley
English knight and ambassador (1243-1307)