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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.
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- Mongol Empire
- Place of death
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- Doquz Khatun
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- Tolui
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- Sorghaghtani Beki
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- khan
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- Buddhism
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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.
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