Mongol Raids on Anatolia

Name: Mongol Raids on Anatolia
Start: 1290
End: 1299

Type Event Region Anatolia Time 1290–1299

In the 1290s the Ilkhanate, ruling Persia and eastern Anatolia, still launched periodic military raids and exactions across Anatolia to control its v…

Timeline

1290–1295Eastern Anatolia · AnatoliaThe Ilkhanate sent envoys and armies to collect tribute from the Sultanate of Rum and its vassal beys, launching punitive expeditions against those who delayed or resisted; the local economy bore a heavy burden.
1296–1299Central Anatolia · AnatoliaMongol cavalry penetrated deep into the Anatolian interior and raided toward the Byzantine frontier, destroying towns and farmland and forcing all parties to readjust their defenses and alliances.

Sources

The Mongols and the West, 1221–1410 — Peter Jackson (2005)
Encyclopaedia Britannica: Il-Khanid dynasty https://www.britannica.com/topic/Il-Khanid-dynasty