INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hulegu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, was given the task of capturing Iran by the paramount Mongol chieftain Mongke
Hulegu set out in about 1253 with a Mongol army of about 130,000
He founded the Il-Khanid dynasty in 1256, and by 1258 he had captured Baghdad and all of Iran
The Il-Khans consolidated their position in Iran and reunited the region as a political and territorial entity after several centuries of
fragmented rule by petty dynasties.Soaked in history and culture for millennia, Tabriz, which is the capital of East Azarbaijan, embraces
several historical and religious sites, including the Jameh Mosque of Tabriz and Arg of Tabriz, and UNESCO-registered Tabriz Historic Bazaar
Timur (Tamerlane), a Turkic conqueror, took it in 1392
Some decades later the Kara Koyunlu Turkmen made it their capital, it was when the famous Blue Mosque was built in Tabriz.The city retained
its administrative status under the Safavid dynasty until 1548 when Shah Tahmasp I relocated his capital westward to Qazvin
During the next two centuries, Tabriz changed hands several times between Persia and Ottoman Empire
