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Arghun Khan (Mongolian Cyrillic: Аргун; Traditional Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠭᠤᠨ; c. 1258 – 10 March 1291) was the fourth ruler of the Mongol empire's Ilkhanate, from 1284 to 1291. He was the son of Abaqa Khan, and like his father, was a devout Buddhist (although pro-Christian).
Arghūn (born c. 1258—died March 10, 1291, Bāghcha, Arrān, Iran) was the fourth Mongol Il-Khan (subordinate khan) of Iran (reigned 1284–91). He was the father of the great Maḥmūd Ghāzān (q.v.).
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The Arghun dynasty (Sindhi: ارغونن جي سلطنت) ruled over the area adjoining Southern Afghanistan and then the Sindh Sultanate from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. Arghun rule can be divided into two branches: the Arghun branch of Dhu'l-Nun Beg Arghun that ruled until 1554, and the Tarkhan branch of Muhammad Isa ...
- Arghun Governors of Kandahar
- Wars with Babur
- Arghun Dynasty of Sindh
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In the late 15th century, the Timurid sultan of Herat, Husayn Bayqarah, appointed Dhu'l-Nun Beg Arghun as governor of Kandahar. Dhu'l-Nun Beg soon began to ignore the authority of the central government in Herat and in around 1479 he began expanding in the direction of Baluchistan, taking over Pishin, Shal and Mastung. In 1485 his sons Shah Beg Arg...
The Arghuns ultimately lost control of their portion of Afghanistan to the Timurid prince Babur, who had been expelled from Transoxiana by the Uzbeks and had made his way south to Husayn Bayqarah's kingdom. In 1501/1502 Mukim had peacefully gained the submission of Kabul, which was in chaos after the death of its ruler Ulugh Beg II.This was contest...
Arghun branch
In 1522 Babur took Kandahar after a drawn-out siege and annexed it. Following this, Shah Beg Arghun made Bukkur (Lower Sindh) his official capital. He died in 1524 and his son Shah Husayn succeeded him. Shah Husayn had the Khutba read in Babur's name and attacked Multan, capital of the Langah Sultanate, probably at Babur's insistence. Multan fell in 1528 after an extended siege and Shah Husayn appointed a governor of the city. Shortly after Shah Husayn departed Multan for Thatta, however, the...
Tarkhan branch
See main article: Tarkhan dynasty. During the civil war between Shah Husayn and Muhammad 'Isa Tarkhan, the latter had sent a request for the help to the Portuguese at Bassein. A 700-man force under the command of Pedro Barreto Rolim sailed up to Thatta in 1555, only to find that Muhammad 'Isa Tarkhan had already won the conflict and there was no need for their assistance. Furious at the governor of Thatta's refusal to pay them, the Portuguese sacked the defenseless city and killed several tho...
Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual.New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.Bosworth, Clifford Edmund. "Kabul." The Encyclopedia of Islam, Volume IV.New ed. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1978.Davies, C. Collin. "Arghun." The Encyclopedia of Islam, Volume I.New ed. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1960.Memoirs of Zehīr-ed-dīn Muhammed Bābur, Emperor of Hindustan.Trans. John Leyden & William Erskine. Annotated and edited by Lucas King. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1826.Book: Schwartzberg . Joseph E. . A Historical atlas of South Asia . 1978 . University of Chicago Press . Chicago . 147, map XIV.3 (d). 0226742210 .Bosworth, "New Islamic Dynasties," p. 329Book: Bosworth, Clifford Edmund . The new Islamic dynasties: a chronological and genealogical manual . 329 . English.Davies, p. 627Arghun Agha, also Arghun Aqa or Arghun the Elder (Persian: ارغون آقا; Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠭᠤᠨ; fl. 1220 - 1275) was a Mongol noble of the Oirat clan in the 13th century. He was a governor in the Mongol-controlled area of Persia from 1243 to 1255, before the Ilkhanate was created by Hulagu. [3]
This is the timeline of the Mongol Empire from the birth of Temüjin, later Genghis Khan, to the ascension of Kublai Khan as emperor of the Yuan dynasty in 1271, though the title of Khagan continued to be used by the Yuan rulers into the Northern Yuan dynasty, a far less powerful successor entity, until 1634.
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His death resulted from his actions against his nephew Arghun, and it ultimately led to his succession by the one person he was fighting against. This also marked the beginning of a new dynasty under Arghun, who took over after his uncle’s death who had fought against him and threatened his life.
