The Ilkhanate, also known as the Il-khanate, was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire and ruled by the Ilkhans, a lineage descended from Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan; the realm itself was officially known as the Land of Iran. Formed in the years following the death of the Great Khan Mongke in 1259, its core lay in present-day Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkey, and at its height it also extended into Iraq, Syria, Armenia and Georgia. Its later rulers, including Ghazan, converted to Islam in 1295, and the state was devastated by the Black Death in the 1330s before dissolving with the death of its last khan, Abu Sa'id, in 1335.
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Why did the Ilkhanate call its realm the Land of Iran?
Its non-Iranian Mongol rulers tied their authority to Iran's past and presented themselves as heirs to the Sasanian Empire.
The Ilkhanate was ruled by Mongols of non-Iranian origin, yet its realm was officially known as the Land of Iran, or simply Iran. Its rulers tried to advertise their authority by tying themselves to the Iranian past, and they recruited historians to present the Mongols as heirs to the Sasanian Empire. Native intellectuals read the Mongol unification as a revival of a long-lost dynastic tradition, and the idea of the Land of Iran was developed further by the later Safavid Empire.
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Additional Source Wikipedia: IlkhanateLead section (edge: related-to Mongol Empire)
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Additional Source Wikipedia: IlkhanateLead section (edge: ruled by Hulegu)
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a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire
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1256
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1335
Ilkhanate: Status
The Ilkhanate, also known as the Il-khanate, was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire and ruled by the Ilkhans, a lineage descended from Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan; the realm itself was officially known as the Land of Iran.
- Wikipedia lead paragraph, official name/state form (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
Ruled By: Hulagu Khan, Lead section (edge: ruled by Hulegu)
It was established after Hülegü, the son of Tolui and grandson of Genghis Khan, inherited the West Asian and Central Asian part of the Mongol Empire after his brother Möngke Khan died in 1259.
Related To: The Mongol Empire, Lead section (edge: related-to Mongol Empire)
It was established after Hülegü, the son of Tolui and grandson of Genghis Khan, inherited the West Asian and Central Asian part of the Mongol Empire after his brother Möngke Khan died in 1259.
In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
The Ilkhanate or Il-khanate was a Mongol khanate founded in the southwestern territories of the Mongol Empire.
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