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Ilkhanate under Abu Sa'id (1320s)

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1320–1330

In the 1320s Ilkhan Abu Sa'id (Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan) consolidated control over Persia and Mesopotamia mid-reign, maintained diplomacy with the Maml…

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  1. 1320–1325Sultaniyya · IranAbu Sa'id relied on Persian civil officials and local governors, reformed taxation and the postal relay system, and on the basis of his father Öljaitü's policies maintained a governance structure in which Islamic law and Mongol customary law ran in parallel.
  2. 1326–1330Tabriz · East Azerbaijan ProvinceThe Ilkhanate maintained a tense standoff with Mamluk Egypt on the Syria–Anatolia frontier, while repeatedly negotiating with the Golden Horde and Chagatai factions in the Caucasus and Khurasan directions; in the later 1320s frontier conflicts and diplomatic exchanges were frequent.

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