Who is hul gu?

Answer 1

Hul Gu, better known as Hulagu Khan and also known as Hulagu, Hülegü, or Hulegu. (c. 1217 - Febuary 8, 1265), was a Mongol ruler who conquered much of Southwest Asia. Son of Tolue and the Kerait princess Sorghaghtani Beki, he was a grandson of Genghis Khan, and the brother of Arik Boke, Mongke and the great Kubalai Khan. Hulagu's army greatly expanded the southwestern portion of the Mongol Empire, founding the Ilkhanate of Persia, a precursor to the eventual Safavid Dynasty, and then the modern state of Iran. Under Hulagu's leadership, the Mongols destroyed the two greatest centers of Islamic power, Baghdad and Damascus, causing a shift of Islamic influence to the Mamluks in Cairo. It was also in Hulagu's reign that historians switched from writing in Arabic, to writing in Persian.