Ghazan

Also known as Mahmud Ghazan, Casanus, Hezan, Qajan

Mahmud Ghazan (also Ghazan Khan, sometimes westernized as Casanus; 5 November 1271 – 11 May 1304) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304. He was the son of Arghun, grandson of Abaqa Khan and great-grandson of Hulegu Khan, continuing a long line of rulers who were direct descendants of Genghis Khan. Considered the most prominent of the Ilkhans, he is perhaps best known for converting to Islam and meeting Imam Ibn Taymiyya in 1295 when he took the throne, marking a turning point for the dominant religion of the Mongols in West Asia.

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Ghazan, born Mahmud in 1271 in Mazandaran Province, was a male sovereign of the Ilkhanate. A member of the Genghisid and Ilkhanids families, he was the son of Arghun and sibling to Öljaitü. He held the position of khan and was married to Kököchin. Ghazan was ethnically Mongol and spoke the Mongolian language. His religious beliefs included both Islam and Buddhism.

He died on 11 May 1304 in Qazvin. Ghazan is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the New History of Yuan. His name in native language is written as غازان خان and غازان پسر ارغون.

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Key facts

Royalty.name: Ghazan
Royalty.title: KhanPâdeshâh of Iran and Islam
Royalty.image: Ghazan with wife at his court.jpg
Royalty.caption: Ghazan with wife at his court
Royalty.reign: 4 October 1295 – 11 May 1304
Royalty.full name: Mahmud Ghazan
Royalty.predecessor: Baydu
Royalty.successor: Öljeitü
Royalty.queen: Yedi Kurtka KhatunBulughan Khatun KhurasaniKököchinBulughan Khatun MuazzamaEshil KhatunDondi KhatunKaramun KhatunKhutulun
Royalty.issue: Uljay Qutlugh Khatun
Royalty.father: Arghun
Royalty.mother: Kultak Egechi
Royalty.religion: Nestorian Christianity (until 1295) Sunni Islam (after 1295)
Royalty.birth_date: 5 November 1271
Royalty.birth_place: Abaskun, Ilkhanate
Royalty.death_place: Qazvin, Ilkhanate
Royalty.succession: Il khan
Royalty.succession1: Viceroy of Khorasan

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Mahmud
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ilkhanate
Place of birth: Mazandaran Province
Place of death: Qazvin
Spouse: Kököchin
Father: Arghun
Sibling: Öljaitü
Occupation: sovereign
Position held: khan
Languages spoken: Mongolian
Religion: Buddhism
Family: Ilkhanids
Image: Ghazan with wife at his court.jpg

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Commons category: Ghazan
date of birth: 1271-11-05
date of death: 1304-05-11
stepparent: Buluqhan Khatun
ethnic group: Mongols
name in native language: غازان خان
described by source: New History of Yuan
Commons Creator page: Ghazan

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

Childhood
Under Tekuder
Rule in Khorasan
Under Arghun
Under Gaykhatu
Against Baydu
Early reign
Purge of nobles
Revolt of Baltu
Fall of Nawrūz
Relationship with other Mongol khanates
Later reign
Revolt of Sulemish
Mamluk-Ilkhanid War
End of reign
Legacy
Religious policy
Reforms
Family
References
Notes
Citations
Sources

One of his many principal wives was Kököchin, a Mongol princess (originally betrothed to Ghazan's father Arghun before his death) sent by his great-uncle Kublai Khan.

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