The Ilkhanate in Persia: Establishment, Rule and Conversion to Islam (1256–1335)

1. Hülegü establishes Ilkhanid rule in Iran

   Jan 1, 1256Labels: H leg, Ilkhanate, M ngke

   • Britannica
   • Wikidata

2. Fall of Alamut ends Nizari stronghold

   Jan 1, 1256Labels: Alamut, Nizari Ismailis, H leg

   • Britannica
   • Wikidata

3. Baghdad is captured and sacked

   Feb 10, 1258Labels: Baghdad, Al-Musta im, H leg

   • Britannica
   • Siege Baghdad

4. Mamluks defeat Mongols at ʿAyn Jālūt

   Sep 3, 1260Labels: Ayn J, Mamluks, Kitbuqa

   • Britannica
   • Ain Jalut

5. Berke–Hülegü war begins within Mongol world

   Jan 1, 1262Labels: Berke, H leg, Golden Horde

   • Berke Hulegu
   • Ilkhanate

6. Abaqa succeeds Hülegü as Ilkhan

   Feb 8, 1265Labels: Abaqa, Ilkhanate, H leg

   • Abaqa
   • Britannica

7. Ahmad Tekuder reigns as Muslim Ilkhan

   May 6, 1282Labels: Ahmad Tekuder, Ilkhanate, Islam

   • Tekuder
   • Abaqa

8. Arghun overthrows Tekuder and takes throne

   Aug 11, 1284Labels: Arghun, Tekuder, Ilkhan succession

   • Britannica
   • Arghun

9. Gaykhatu’s paper money experiment collapses

   Sep 12, 1294Labels: Gaykhatu, Tabriz, paper money

   • Gaykhatu
   • Ilkhanate

10. Ghazan converts to Islam and becomes Ilkhan

    Nov 3, 1295Labels: Ghazan, Ilkhanate, Islam

    • Britannica
    • Ilkhanate

11. Ilkhanid defeat at Marj al-Saffar ends Levant push

    Apr 20, 1303Labels: Marj al-Saffar, Mamluks, Ilkhanate

    • Marj Saffar
    • Britannica

12. Öljeitü succeeds Ghazan as Ilkhan

    Jul 9, 1304Labels: ljeit, Ilkhanate, Ghazan

    • Britannica
    • ljait

13. Construction begins on Soltaniyeh imperial capital

    Jan 1, 1305Labels: Soltaniyeh, ljeit, imperial capital

    • Britannica
    • ANU Archive

14. Öljeitü proclaims Shiʿism as state religion

    Jan 1, 1310Labels: ljeit, Twelver Shi, state religion

    • Britannica
    • Ilkhanate

15. Abu Saʿid succeeds Öljeitü as Ilkhan

    Dec 16, 1316Labels: Abu Sa, Ilkhanate, amirs

    • ljeit
    • Abu Sa id

16. Rashid al-Din is executed in court purge

    Jul 13, 1318Labels: Rashid al-Din, vizier, J mi

    • Rashid al Din
    • Jami al tawarikh

17. Peace concluded with the Mamluk Sultanate

    Jan 1, 1323Labels: Ilkhanate, Mamluk Sultanate, peace treaty

    • Ilkhanate timeline
    • Ilkhanate

18. Death of Abu Saʿid triggers Ilkhanate collapse

    Nov 30, 1335Labels: Abu Sa, Ilkhanate collapse, succession crisis

    • Ilkhanate timeline
    • Abu Sa id