Baghdad's Urban Revival (Early Ilkhanid Rule)

Name: Baghdad's Urban Revival (Early Ilkhanid Rule)
Start: 1301
End: 1310

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1301–1310

From around 1301 to the 1310s, under Ilkhanid rule, Baghdad gradually recovered its urban functions from the ruins left by the Mongol capture of 1258…

Timeline

1301Baghdad · MesopotamiaAfter the 1258 capture, large areas of Baghdad were destroyed, the Abbasid court system collapsed, and the population plummeted. By the early 14th century the city was still in slow recovery, and the Ilkhanate regarded it as a key node of southern governance.
1301–1310Baghdad · MesopotamiaGhazan Khan implemented a new tax system, stabilized irrigated agriculture, and restored security on trade routes. Baghdad's markets and handicrafts gradually revived, the local governor system was reconsolidated, and the city's function as a trade hub of Mesopotamia was rebuilt.

Sources

Baghdad: Metropolis of the Abbasid Caliphate — Jacob Lassner (2000)
The Cambridge History of Iran, Volume 5 — J. A. Boyle (1968)