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Arghun Khan ( Mongolian Cyrillic: Аргун; Traditional Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠭᠤᠨ; c. 1258 – 10 March 1291) was the fourth ruler of the Mongol empire's Ilkhanate, from 1284 to 1291. He was the son of Abaqa Khan, and like his father, was a devout Buddhist (although pro-Christian).
The Arghun dynasty (Sindhi: ارغونن جي سلطنت) ruled over the area adjoining Southern Afghanistan and then the Sindh Sultanate from the late 15th century to the early 16th century. Arghun rule can be divided into two branches: the Arghun branch of Dhu'l-Nun Beg Arghun that ruled until 1554, and the Tarkhan branch of ...
Arghūn (born c. 1258—died March 10, 1291, Bāghcha, Arrān, Iran) was the fourth Mongol Il-Khan (subordinate khan) of Iran (reigned 1284–91). He was the father of the great Maḥmūd Ghāzān ( q.v. ).
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Arghun Agha, also Arghun Aqa or Arghun the Elder (Persian: ارغون آقا; Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠭᠤᠨ; fl. 1220 - 1275) was a Mongol noble of the Oirat clan in the 13th century. He was a governor in the Mongol-controlled area of Persia from 1243 to 1255, before the Ilkhanate was created by Hulagu.
Oct 9, 2017 · 14 Two versions about Arghun Aqa's childhood exist. According to Juvaynī, he was a son of a commander of thousand, while according to Rashīd al-Dīn, Arghun Aqa's family was very poor and he had been sold during a famine for a “flank of beef” (Juvaynī, Genghis Khan, p. 505; JT, vol. 1, p. 57).
Arghun carried out investigations into the taxes and collected enough to pay off the debt owed by Buqa. He went ahead to carry out the same investigation on Aruq, which led to the commencement of the control of Baghdad’s income, which was being mismanaged. Arghun replaced Aruq with another noble who was much more dependable.
Arghun's Career: From Slave to Il-Khanid Commander The story of Arghun Aqa's origins has two striking and apparently incompatible variants. According to one of his factotums, the chronicler Ata Malik Juvaini, himself a member of the scribal class, Arghun Aqa was the son of a commander
