# Hulagu Khan - Ilkhan

URL: https://allhistories.com/iraq/rulers/hulagu-khan
Reign: 1258 - 1265
Born-Died: 1217 - 1265
Dynasty: Ilkhanate
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulagu_Khan

A grandson of Genghis Khan, Hulagu led the Mongol army that besieged and sacked Baghdad in February 1258, executing the last Abbasid caliph, al-Musta'sim. The fall of Baghdad ended the Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq and made the country a province of the new Ilkhanate, ruled from north-western Iran.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [al-Musta'sim](https://allhistories.com/iraq/rulers/al-musta-sim)
- Next in list: [Abaqa Khan](https://allhistories.com/iraq/rulers/abaqa-khan)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 1258 - [Mongols sack Baghdad](https://allhistories.com/iraq/timeline/1258-mongols-sack-baghdad)
- 1258 - [Death of the last Baghdad caliph](https://allhistories.com/iraq/timeline/1258-death-of-the-last-baghdad-caliph)
- 1259 - [Juvayni becomes governor of Baghdad](https://allhistories.com/iraq/timeline/1259-juvayni-becomes-governor-of-baghdad)