Damascus
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+ | # The [[capital]] city of [[Syria]]. | ||
- | '''Hulagu Khan''', (c. 1218 – 8 February 1265), was a [[Mongols|Mongol]] ruler who conquered much of [[Southwest Asia]]. Son of [[Tolui]] and the [[Kerait]] princess [[Sorghaghtani Beki]], he was a grandson of [[Genghis Khan]], and the brother of [[Ariq Böke]], [[Möngke Khan]] and [[Kublai Khan]]. Hulagu's army greatly expanded the southwestern portion of the [[Mongol Empire]], founding the [[Ilkhanate]] of [[Iran|Persia]], a precursor to the eventual [[Safavid dynasty]], and then the modern state of [[Iran]]. Under Hulagu's leadership, the Mongols [[Siege of Baghdad (1258)|destroyed]] the greatest center of Islamic power, [[Baghdad]], and also weakened [[Damascus]], causing a shift of Islamic influence to the [[Mamluks]] in [[Cairo]]. | + | ====Derived terms==== |
- | + | * [[Damascene]] | |
- | Hulagu marched out with perhaps the largest Mongol army ever assembled – by order of Möngke, two tenths of the empire's fighting men were gathered for Hulagu's army. He easily destroyed the Lurs, and the Assassins (the Hashshashin) surrendered their impregnable fortress of [[Alamut Castle]] without a fight, accepting a deal that spared the lives of their people. | + | * [[damask]]<!--etymologically derived from "Damascus"--> |
+ | * [[damson]]<!--etymologically derived from "Damascus"--> | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[[Umayyad Mosque]] | ||
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