Changez khan and hulagu khan biography

Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)

This article is about the founder of the Ilkhanate.

Changez khan and hulagu khan biography

For the Chagatai khan, see Qara Hülegü. For the Xiongnu chanyu, see Hulugu. For other uses, see Halaku (disambiguation).

Hulegu Khan, also known as Hülegü or Hulagu^{[n 1]} (c. 1217 – 8 February 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia.

Changez khan and hulagu khan biography in hindi

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 weakened Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluk Sultanate in Cairo.

Background

Hulegu was born to Tolui, one of Genghis Khan's sons, and Sorghaghtani Beki, an influential Keraite princess and a niece of Toghrul in 1217.^[3