Abaqa Khan
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Ilkhān al-Mu'aẓẓam[1] (Supreme Ilkhan) Sultān-i Īrān[2] (Sultan of Iran) | |
![]() Abaqa enthroned with his khatun (possibly Dorji Khatun) | |
Ilkhan | |
Reign | 8 February 1265 – 1282 |
Predecessor | Hulagu Khan |
Successor | Ahmed Tekuder |
Born | Mongolia | 27 February 1234
Died | 4 April 1282 Hamadan, Ilkhanate | (aged 48)
Consort | Buluqhan Khatun |
Issue | Arghun Gaykhatu Oljath El Qutlugh Khatun (daughter) |
Dynasty | Borjigin |
Father | Hulagu Khan |
Mother | Yesuncin Khatun |
Religion | Buddhism |
Abaqa Khan (27 February 1234 – 4 April 1282, Mongolian: Абаха/Абага хан (Khalkha Cyrillic), ᠠᠪᠠᠭᠠ
ᠬᠠᠨ (Traditional script), "paternal uncle", also transliterated Abaġa), was the second Mongol ruler (Ilkhan) of the Ilkhanate. The son of Hulagu Khan and Lady Yesünčin and the grandson of Tolui, he reigned from 1265 to 1282 and was succeeded by his brother Ahmed Tekuder.[3] Much of Abaqa's reign was consumed with civil wars in the Mongol Empire, such as those between the Ilkhanate and the northern khanate of the Golden Horde. Abaqa also engaged in unsuccessful attempts at invading Syria under the Mamluk Sultanate, which included the Second Battle of Homs.