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Ilkhanate administrative system
The Ilkhanate administrative system was a Mongol-Islamic hybrid governance structure established by Hulegu and his successors in Persia, centered on …
Timeline
- 1265Tabriz · East Azerbaijan ProvinceAfter Hulegu's death in 1265, Abaqa succeeded him and established the capital at Tabriz, reorganizing the court and the appanage allocations of the princes, governing Mesopotamia and the Iranian Plateau with Mongol military nobles alongside Persian local bureaucrats.
- c. 1266–1270Mesopotamia · IraqEarly in Abaqa's reign he strengthened the deployment of darughis and tax collection in the Syrian and Mesopotamian frontiers to sustain the long military standoff with the Mamluk Sultanate, tilting the administrative system toward frontier militarization.
Sources
- The History of the Mongol Conquests — J. J. Saunders (2001)