Journals / Hacettepe Üniversitesi Türkiyat Araştırmaları (HÜTAD) / 2007 / Sayı: 6

The Political Baekground of The Mongolian Conquest and Hülagü's West Conquest (1256-1260)

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29–42
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Özet

After the election of Möngka Qan (1252-1259), he decided to expand the borders of the empire; consequently, Hülagü Qan was given the duty to invade the South West Asia. This paper examines the west conquest of Hülagü Qan in between the years 1256-1260 from the points of Mongolian conquests and the political background of the conquests.

Keywords: Hülagü, the Mongolian empire, the Mongolian conquest, the political background of the Mongolian conquests, the South West Asia