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Abaqa Khan (27 February 1234 – 4 April 1282, Mongolian: Абаха/Абага хан ( Khalkha Cyrillic), ᠠᠪᠠᠭ ᠠ. ᠬᠠᠨ ( Traditional script), "paternal uncle", also transliterated Abaġa ), was the second Mongol ruler ( Ilkhan) of the Ilkhanate. The son of Hulagu Khan and Lady Yesünčin and the grandson of Tolui, he reigned ...
- Yesuncin Khatun
- Borjigin
- 8 February 1265 – 1282
- Hulagu Khan
Nov 6, 2019 · Hulegu's short reign ended with his death in 1265 CE, and he was succeeded by his eldest son (with Yesunjin Khatun), Abaqa (r. 1265-1282 CE). In 1270 CE, Abaqa defeated Baraq, ruler of the Chagatai Khanate (r. 1266-1271 CE), at the battle of Herat. More success came in 1273 CE when Abaqa sacked the city of Bukhara, then part of the Chagatai ...
- Mark Cartwright
Jul 13, 2011 · ABAQA (or ABAḠA, “paternal uncle” in Mongolian; ABĀQĀ in Persian and Arabic), eldest son and first successor of the Il-khan Hülegü (Hūlāgū). He was born of Yesüṇčin Ḵātūn in Jomādā I, 631/February, 1234 in Mongolia, and accompanied his father on his great expedition to the west. At the outbreak of war with Berke of the ...
He died on 8 February and his son Abaqa succeeded him in the summer. Middle period (1265–1291) The successor states of the Mongol Empire, its vassals, and neighbors in the early 1300s. Upon Abaqa's accession, he immediately faced an invasion by Berke of the Golden Horde, which ended with Berke's death in Tiflis.
Although Abaqa played along for time as he gathered his armies to march east toward Herat, Shams al-Din Kart, ruler and loyal Persian governor of Herat, fawned and feted the oafish warlord in the hopes that help was on its way.
Oct 22, 2018 · The Ilkhanate was one of the four khanates that emerged after the fragmentation of the Mongol Empire. This khanate was founded by Hulegu Khan, one of Genghis Khan’s grandsons, and lasted from the middle of the 13th century to the first half of the 14th century. The Ilkhanate was based in Persia, and its territory extended from Turkey in the ...
Abaqa Khan was born of Yesünjin Khatun (d. 1272), who had not accompanied Hülegü to the west, but arrived later on with other khātūns and sons of the new ruler of Iran. 20 He established his capital in Tabriz and enjoyed a relatively peaceful succession process, having only mild oppo-
