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Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. –)

This article is about the founder of the Ilkhanate. 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.

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– 8 February ), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Western Asia. 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 and ended the Abbasid Dynasty.

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