Tekuder's accession as the Muslim sultan Ahmad, 681

إسلام تكودار سلطان التتار وتسميته أحمد سنة 681هـ

c. 1282 CE · 681 AH

681 — envoys of Ahmad b. Hulagu announced his settlement in the kingdom at Baghdad in his brother Abagha's place, ordering mosques built and the sacred law restored as in the caliphs' days; his embassy reached Syria and Egypt, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi among them 1.

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Summary

In 681 AH envoys arrived from Ahmad ibn Hulagu, announcing that he had been established in the realm, with Baghdad as his seat in place of his brother Abaqa. He ordered the building of mosques and congregational mosques, and the restoration of the noble law as it had been in the time of the caliphs 1.

His envoys reached Syria and Egypt, among them Shaykh Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi 1.

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 640
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