Gaykhatu (Mongolian script:ᠭᠠᠶᠢᠬᠠᠯᠳᠤ; Mongolian: Гайхалт, romanized: Gaikhalt, lit. 'Surprising') was the fifth Ilkhanate ruler in Iran. He reigned from...

who was in turn the fifth son of Hulagu Khan. He succeeded his cousin Gaykhatu as khan of the Ilkhanate in 1295. He was born in Mongolia to Taraqai and...

reign of Arghun's brother, Gaykhatu. The majority of Mongols converted to Islam while the Mongol court remained Buddhist. Gaykhatu had to buy the support...

executed next day. Another contingent of army was sent to Jazira, from where Gaykhatu and Baydu fled to Khorasan, to Arghun's encampment while several emirs...

of Arghun, and supported Ghazan's uncle Gaykhatu as the new il khan. Despite being boyhood rivals, Gaykhatu sent aid to Ghazan's fight against Nawruz...

himself, returning to the pro-Christian policies of Abaqa. A younger son, Gaykhatu, assumed the throne in 1291. Abaqa had sixteen consorts and children with...

executed the next day. An army contingent was sent to Jazira, from where Gaykhatu and Baydu fled to Khorasan, to Arghun's encampment while several emirs...

to Iran, where he explained Yuan paper money to the Il-khanate court of Gaykhatu. The Il-khanate government issued paper money in 1294, but public distrust...

candidate Gaykhatu would replace them with his subordinates in Anatolia, lying him that Baydu was already taken the throne. Suspicious Gaykhatu tortured...

Arghun c. 1258 Son of Abaqa 1284 – 7 March 1291 7 March 1291 Khan, Ilkhan Gaykhatu ? Son of Abaqa 1291–1295 1295 Killed by general Taghachar Khan, Ilkhan...

Hülëgü (1256–1265) Abaqa (1265–1282) Tekuder (1282–1284) Arghun (1284–1291) Gaykhatu (1291–1295) Baydu (1295) Ghazan (1295–1304) Öljaitü (1304–1316) Abu Sa'id...

1298–1302) Mū'hazzab ūd-Dīn Masūd (r. 1297–1300) Taraqay Arghun (r. 1284–1291) Gaykhatu (r. 1291–1295) Osman of Ottomans (r. 1299–1323/4) Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Mas'ūd...

hastily married her to Gaykhatu and thus obtained her removal to Anatolia in 1286. She regained Sirjan in 1289 from Arghun. Upon Gaykhatu's election in 1291...

sent Qutlughshah to the newly enthroned Gaykhatu to inform him of developments in Khorasan in 1291, however Gaykhatu was little interested in sending reinforcements...

German, French and Italian. Firman of Sadr al-Din Zanjani, vizier of ilkhan Gaykhatu, dated Jumada II 692/June 1292. Art and History Collection on loan to the...

Yavlak Arslan, and was granted administration of the region by Ilkhan Gaykhatu (r. 1291–95). However, after Yaman's death, it came under the control of...

Abaqa Khan Qazan Khan Duwa Temür Esen Buqa I Tarmashirin Temür Arghun Gaykhatu Saray Mulk Khanum Timur Tughlugh Timur Ghazan Öljaitü Shah Rukh Miran Shah...

create an alliance between the İlhanlı and the Byzantine Empire. Based on Gaykhatu Serhat Kilic as Tekfur Michael Kosses: Byzantine tekfur of Harmankaya,...

shortfall. It was non-convertible and denominated in copper cash. Later Gaykhatu of the Ilkhanate attempted to adopt the system in Iran and the Middle East...

rivals to throne. First such act was taken against Prince Alafrang, son of Gaykhatu. He was killed by an emissary of Öljaitü on 30 May 1304. Another powerful...

written Persian". (see firman of Sadr al-Din Zanjani, vizier of ilkhan Gaykhatu). In order to write even faster, chancery clerks (munshi) streamlined the...

Lanka and India. In 1293 or 1294 the Polos reached the Ilkhanate, ruled by Gaykhatu after the death of Arghun, and left Kököchin with the new Ilkhan. Then...

executed the next day. An army contingent was sent to Jazira, from where Gaykhatu and Baydu fled to Khorasan, to Arghun's encampment while several emirs...

Georgia by his Trapezuntine wife, he was appointed by the Ilkhan ruler Gaykhatu as king of Georgia as reward for his military service during the Rümelian...

did the Mamluks launch a campaign against Cyprus. In 1293, Mongol ruler Gaykhatu sent his messengers with a threatening letter to the Sultan al-Ashraf Khalil...

expelled by its people. Toqta dispatched a peace mission to the Ilkhan Gaykhatu in 1294, and peace was maintained mostly uninterrupted until 1318. In 1304...

Ilkhanate in the late 1330s. He was son of Alafrang and the grandson of Gaykhatu and Jalayirid Dondi Khatun. His family had fallen out favor after Ghazan's...

Padshah's brother Muhammed beg and his wife Qutlugh Malik Khatun (daughter of Gaykhatu) were killed by Kurdish tribesmen, while Oirat leader Shaikh Ali was executed...

wants. — Ibn Battuta Later in 1294, in order to control the treasury, Gaykhatu of the Ilkhanate in Persia attempted to introduce paper money in his khanate...

 1303–8) was unable to extinguish these revolts, he sought help from Ilkhan Gaykhatu (r. 1291–95), who ransacked and massacred in the region of Beyşehir, ruled...