Genghis Khan • Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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The Mongol conqueror #Genghis Khan's grandson Hulegu captured #Baghdad and ended the Abbasid #caliphate in the city in 1258.
I just read a text that asserts that around 25 years later, the Muslim vizier Shams al-Din Juvayni was involved in a plot to restore the caliphate, but he was put to death when Hulegu's grandson Arghun overthrew his uncle Teguder Ahmad. This is probably just slander, but it is surprising slander in a #Syriac text written in the late 1310s!
I'm (re)reading the History of Mar Yahballaha and Rabban Sawma.
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Meanwhile, very far to the east, a woman of the #Christian Kerait tribe named Sorqaqtani Beki married the youngest of the four main sons of #Genghis Khan. She became an informal political leader, securing the election of her son Mongke as Khagan in 1251. She gave patronage to Christians and Muslims. Her death prevented her from mediating the Mongol Civil War (between two of her sons), leading to the breakup of the empire in 1260.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghaghtani_Beki
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en.wikipedia.orgSorghaghtani Beki - Wikipedia
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Je fais une infidélité aux #utopiales pour aller voir l’expo #Genghis #Kahn au Château des ducs de Bretagne. Belle et grande #exposition retraçant les origines et les différentes phases de l’empire #mongol, et sa riche production manufacturée. J’en ferai un pouet dédié à mon retour. #nantes #mesutos2023 #expo
