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  1. Hulegu Khan

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    Hülegü Khan (c. 1217 – 1265 CE) was a Mongol general, grandson of Genghis Khan, and brother to the reigning Great Khan, Möngke Khan. He is primarily renowned for his western military campaigns which resulted in the destruction of the Nizari Ismaili State and the catastrophic Sack of Baghdad in 1258, bringing an effective end to the Abbasid Caliphate. Hülegü established the Mongol Ilkhanate in Persia and surrounding territories, becoming its first r…