Mongol conquestsWars and battles
Siege of Baghdad
Hulagu’s army besieged and took Baghdad; the city was sacked and the caliph al-Musta’sim was executed, bringing the Abbasid Caliphate to an end.
- Date
- 29 January – 10 February 1258exact date · duration: 12 daysDate in the Julian calendar
- Place
- Baghdadtoday: Baghdad, Iraq · Middle East and Egypt
- Participants
- Ilkhanate, Mongol Empire, Hulagu Khan, Abbasid Caliphate, al-Musta’sim
- Threads
- Mongol conquests
- Also known as
- Взятие Багдада монголами; Падение Багдада
Hulagu’s campaign in the Middle East was undertaken on the orders of the great khan Möngke. After routing the caliph’s army, the Mongols and their allies besieged Baghdad, and on 10 February 1258 the caliph surrendered. Massacre and plunder followed; the city’s libraries, including the House of Wisdom, were destroyed.
The destruction of Baghdad, the seat of the caliphs for almost five centuries, is regarded as the end of the Islamic Golden Age, and it opened the way to Syria for the Mongols.
Connections
Consequences
- Battle of Ain Jalut3 September 1260 · Middle East and EgyptAfter Baghdad, Hulagu’s army moved on into Syria
Same participants
- Ibn Fadlan’s embassy to the Volga Bulgars21 June 921 – 12 May 922 · Eastern Europevia Abbasid Caliphate
- Death of Yaroslav II in Karakorum30 September 1246 · Central and Northern Asiavia Mongol Empire
- Proclamation of the Yuan dynasty1271 · East Asiavia Mongol Empire
Same place
- Trajan’s Parthian campaign114–117 · Middle East and Egypt
- Capture of Baghdad by Suleiman Ibetween November and December 1534 · Middle East and Egypt
Adjacent events in the thread
- Battle of Köse Dağbetween 26 June and 3 July 1243 · Balkans and Anatolia
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Eastern Europe
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+ 10 events
Balkans and Anatolia
- Reconquest of Constantinople25 July 1261
- Battle of Köse Dağbetween 26 June and 3 July 1243
Africa
Central and Northern Asia
- Death of Yaroslav II in Karakorum30 September 1246
- Karakorum becomes the Mongol capital1235
South Asia
- Reign of Razia Sultan in DelhiNovember 1236 – April 1240
East Asia
- Proclamation of the Yuan dynasty1271
- First Mongol invasion of JapanNovember 1274
- Battle of Yamen19 March 1279
- Second Mongol invasion of JapanJune–August 1281
- Travels of Marco Polo1271–1295
Southeast Asia and Oceania
- Eruption of Samalasbetween May and October 1257
North America
The same period
Sources
- Wikipedia (English): Siege of Baghdad
- Wikipedia (Russian): Осада Багдада (1258)
- Morgan D. The Mongols. — 2nd ed. — Oxford: Blackwell, 2007.
- Wikidata: Q369560