Hulegu Khan
Also known as Xuliewu, Suregu
Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)
AI overview
Hulegu Khan was a Mongol military leader who ruled parts of western Asia in the 13th century and founded the Ilkhanate, an important Mongol state that controlled the Middle East and Persia. He is significant in history because his conquests and rule shaped the political landscape of the Islamic world and represented the height of Mongol expansion across Eurasia.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,326x
- Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3
· 2024 · cited 13,226x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,429x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
Article
Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulagu (c. 1217 – 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. As a son of Tolui and the Keraite princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan and brother of Ariq Böke, Möngke Khan, and Kublai Khan.
Hulegu's army greatly expanded the southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire, founding the Ilkhanate in Persia. Under Hulegu's leadership, the Mongols sacked and destroyed Baghdad, ending the Islamic Golden Age and the Abbasid dynasty. They also weakened Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo.