Hulagu Khan was said to have built a summer residence in the 1260s. Scientists are seen at the archaeological excavation site of what may be Hulagu Khan's palace in Van, Turkiye. Hulagu Khan, a ...

Hulagu Khan was a Mongol warlord who lived from 1217 to 1265 and conquered much of southwest Asia. He is known for the 1258 sack of Baghdad, then the religious and cultural capital of Islam, which ...

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A long-lost palace once thought to be owned by Genghis Khan's grandson may have been discovered in eastern Turkey by archaeologists. However, other researchers have said that more information is ...

Baghdad, in 1257, was one of the great centres of Islam. It had become a showpiece of the world and besides mosques, palaces and irrigation work it showcased the world’s first hospitals and also the ...

Baghdadis have long memories. Talk to them about the extraordinarily turbulent history of the Iraqi capital as they contemplate their city falling to Islamic State (IS) fighters, and one date tends to ...

Construction of the site commenced in the mid-13th century under the patronage of Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan, who selected Persian polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi as the director of the ...