16 Facts About Ilkhanate

1.

At its greatest extent, the Ilkhanate included parts of modern Iraq, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, part of modern Dagestan, and part of modern Tajikistan.

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2.

Later Ilkhanate rulers, beginning with Ghazan in 1295, converted to Islam.

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3.

Ilkhanate repulsed the first Mongol attempt to take Central Persia.

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4.

Ilkhanate ordered a new census and decreed that each man in the Mongol-ruled Middle East must pay in proportion to his property.

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Ilkhanate was given a fifth of the entire Mongol army for the campaign and he took his sons Abaqa and Yoshmut along with him.

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6.

Ilkhanate destroyed the Nizari Ismaili state and the Abbasid Caliphate in 1256 and 1258 respectively.

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Ilkhanate left a small force of around 10, 000 behind in Palestine that was defeated at the battle of Ain Jalut by the Mamluks of Egypt.

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8.

Ilkhanate started crumbling under the reign of Arghun's brother, Gaykhatu.

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9.

Ilkhanate was faced with rebellion in 1318 by the Chagatayids and Qara'unas in Khorasan, and an invasion by the Golden Horde at the same time.

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10.

Under the influence of Chupan, the Ilkhanate made peace with the Chagatais, who helped them crush the Chagatayid revolt, and the Mamluks.

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11.

In contrast to the China-based Yuan dynasty, who excluded the native population from gaining control of high offices, the Ilkhanate ruled their realm through a Central Asian-Persian administration in partnership with Turco-Mongol military officers.

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For example, the Ilkhanate vizier from 1288 to 1291 was Sa'ad al-Dawla, a Jew, while the prominent vizier and historian Rashid-al-Din Hamadani was a Jewish convert to Islam.

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13.

Ilkhanate Mongols remained nomadic in their way of life until the end of the dynasty.

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14.

Anatolia was the richest province of the Ilkhanate, supplying a quarter of its revenue while Iraq and Diyarbakir together supplied about 35 percent of its revenue.

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15.

Emergence of the Ilkhanate had an important historical impact in the Middle Eastern region.

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16.

Ilkhanate helped to pave the way for the later Safavid dynastic state, and ultimately the modern country of Iran.

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