INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
existence of substantial manorial buildings in this significant settlement during the early and middle centuries of the Islamic era, he
invaded southwestern Asia in the 11th century and eventually founded an empire that included Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and most of Iran
Their advance marked the beginning of Turkish power in the Middle East.The Ilkhanid dynasty, also called Il-Khanid, was a Mongol dynasty
that ruled Iran from 1256 to 1335
Il-Khan is Persian for "subordinate khan".Hulegu, a grandson of Genghis Khan, received orders from the supreme Mongol chieftain Mongke to
Hulegu set out around 1253 with a Mongol army of about 130,000 men
He founded the Il-Khanid dynasty in 1256 and conquered Baghdad and all of Iran by 1258, according to Britannica.The Il-Khanids consolidated
their position in Iran and unified the region as a political and territorial entity after several centuries of fragmented rule by small
During the reign of the Il-Khanid Maumud Ghuzun (r
1295-1304), the Il-Khanids lost all contact with the remaining Mongol chiefs in China
Mahmud Ghuzun himself embraced Sunni Islam, and his reign was a time of Iranian cultural renaissance in Iran, with scholars such as Rashid
al-Din flourishing under his patronage.Ghazan's brother Oljeitu (r
1304-16) converted to Shia Islam in 1310
Oljeitu's conversion caused great unrest, and when he died in 1316, the civil war was imminent
His son and successor, Abu Sa'id (r
1317-35), converted to Sunni Islam and was thus able to prevent a war.Soaked in history and culture for millennia, Tabriz, 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 Complex to name a few
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 the Ottoman Empire
During World War I, the city was temporarily occupied by Turkish and then Soviet troops.Tabriz was declared a world craft city of carpet
weaving by the World Craft in 2016
