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Hulagu
حفيد جنكيز: غازي المشرق المغولي.
The siege
فبراير 1258: أسبوعان على الأسوار.
The Tatar sack of Baghdad and the killing of al-Musta'sim · Baghdad
The fall
المستعصم يُعدم: خمسة قرون خلافة تنتهي.
The Tatar sack of Baghdad and the killing of al-Musta'sim · Abbasid Caliphate
The response
عين جالوت 1260: المماليك يوقفون المد.
The battle of Ayn Jalut and the defeat of the Tatars · السلطان المظفر سيف الدين قطز المعزي
The caliphate
العباسيون في القاهرة: استمرار الظل.
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Overview
A path through the year the Abbasid age ended: Hulagu besieges the city for two weeks, al-Musta'sim is killed, and Egypt prepares.
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islam.museum contributors. “Hulagu and the Fall of Baghdad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-hulagu-fall/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.