At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · China & East Asia · Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
On screen
- Oh Islam· Film, 1961 · About · historical drama
Overview
Ibn Khaldun presents the Tatar state as peoples of the Turks from beyond the Khita who settled on the borders of China. Genghis Khan, king of the Mughal, rose against them and overcame the realms of Islam. 1
Impact
They wrested the seat of the caliphate in Baghdad, and then their state split into states: the kings of Transoxiana, Juqiyya, the House of Jochi in the steppe, and the Ilkhans of Iraq. They later embraced Islam. 1
Founder
In the data the state is attributed to Genghis Khan. 2 The date of its founding, about 602 AH, is approximate and disputed.
Not covered here
The end of the state and the details of the conquests need a second source.
Connections
- Founded by
- جنكزخان قان التتار
- Participated in
- The Tatars Return to Rayy and Hamadan in 621 AH· The Tatars Take Arbil by the Sword in 634 AH· The Tatar Raid on Shahrazur in 629 AH
- Subject of
- Oh Islam
People and things also explored
Perishing of the Khwarazmshah on an island in the Caspian Sea· Khwarazmshah's betrayal of the Tatar merchants and the killing of envoys· The Mongols Erupt into the Lands of Islam· The Mongols Seize Mazandaran and the Treasures of Khwarazm-shah's Mother· The battle that destroyed the Khitai· The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era· al-Mustansir bi'llah Mansur ibn al-Zahir· Chaghatay ibn Genghis Khan
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1529-1531
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Mongol empire”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/mongol-empire/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-19.