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Mahmud Ghazan (11 December 1271 – 25 May 1304) (Persian: غازان خان, Ghazan Khan, sometimes archaically spelled as Casanus by Westerners) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304.
May 9, 2024 · Maḥmūd Ghāzān (born Nov. 5, 1271, Abaskun, Iran—died May 11, 1304) was the most prominent of the Il-Khans (subordinate khāns) to rule the Mongol dynasty in Iran. Reigning from 1295 to 1304, he is best known for the conversion of his state to Islām and his wars against Egypt.
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Nov 9, 2017 · In 1284, Arghun Khan named his teenage son, Mahmud Ghazan, as the new viceroy or governor in charge of the Ilkhanate’s lands around the region of Persia. Ghazan remained in this post for about ten years, during the reigns of both his father, Arghun Khan, and his uncle, Gaykatu Khan (r. 1291-1295).
Maḥmūd Ghāzān, (born Nov. 5, 1271, Abaskun, Iran—died May 11, 1304), Most prominent leader of the Mongol Il-Khanid dynasty in Persia. In 1284 his father, the ruler Arghūn, made him viceroy of northeastern Persia, where he defended the frontier against the Chagatai Mongols. In 1295 he converted from Buddhism to Islam before taking the throne.
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Mahmud Ghazan, born in 1271, was a prominent Mongol emperor who ruled over the Ilkhanate in Persia from 1295 until his death in 1304. What sets Ghazan apart from his predecessors is his remarkable conversion to Islam, a religion he wholeheartedly embraced and promoted throughout his reign.
Dec 15, 2000 · ḠĀZĀN KHAN, MAḤMŪD (b. 29 Rabīʿ I 670/5 November 1271; d. 11 Šawwāl 703/17 May 1304), the oldest son of Arḡūn Khan and his eventual successor as the seventh Il-khanid ruler of Persia (r. 694-703/1295-1304).
Following the conversion to Islam of Il-Khan Mahmud Ghazan (r. 1295–1304) in 1295 and the establishment of his active cultural policy in support of his new religion, Islamic art flourished once again. East Asian elements absorbed into the existing Perso-Islamic repertoire created a new artistic vocabulary, one that was emulated from Anatolia ...
