Abaqa Khan, ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (born 1234)

Abaqa Khan

Mongol ruler of the Ilkhanate from 1265 to 1282

Abaqa Khan, 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. Much of Abaqa's reign was consumed with civil wars in the Mongol…