Mongol empire
دولة التتر (الإمبراطورية المغولية)
c. 1206 CE · c. 602 AH
The Tatar state of the Turkish nations beyond the Khita lands on China's marches; Genghis Khan, king of the Mongols, arose among them and they overran the Islamic realms and tore the caliphate's seat from Baghdad — then their state split into kingdoms: the rulers of Transoxiana, the Juchid house of the Dasht and the Ilkhans of Iraq, and in time they embraced Islam.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia · China & East Asia · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
On screen
- Oh Islam· Film, 1961 · About · historical drama
Overview
Ibn Khaldun presents the Tatar state as peoples of the Turks from beyond the Khita who settled on the borders of China. Genghis Khan, king of the Mughal, rose against them and overcame the realms of Islam. 1
Impact
They wrested the seat of the caliphate in Baghdad, and then their state split into states: the kings of Transoxiana, Juqiyya, the House of Jochi in the steppe, and the Ilkhans of Iraq. They later embraced Islam. 1
Founder
In the data the state is attributed to Genghis Khan. 2 The date of its founding, about 602 AH, is approximate and disputed.
Not covered here
The end of the state and the details of the conquests need a second source.
Connections
- Founded by
- جنكزخان قان التتار
- Subject of
- Oh Islam
People and things also explored
هلاك خوارزمشاه بجزيرة بحر قزوين· غدر خوارزمشاه بتجار التتار وقتل الرسل· خروج التتر إلى بلاد الإسلام· استيلاء التتر على مازندران وأخذ ذخائر أم خوارزم شاه· الوقعة التي أفنت الخطا· The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era· Chaghatay ibn Genghis Khan· Jochi (Tushi) ibn Genghis Khan
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1529-1531
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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islam.museum contributors. “Mongol empire”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/polity/mongol-empire/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.