Hulagu Khan and the Siege of Baghdad

In 1258, the Mongol army under Hulagu Khan laid siege to Baghdad, the jewel of the Islamic world and seat of the Abbasid Caliphate. This episode follows the campaign from its origins in the earlier conquest of the Assassins to the city's catastrophic fall. We examine the siege itself—the engineering, the negotiation attempts, the betrayal by the caliph's vizier Ibn al-Alqami—and the aftermath: the looting, the destruction of the House of Wisdom, and the death of Caliph al-Musta'sim. We also consider the long-term historical debate: did the Mongol sack really end the Islamic Golden Age, or was that decline already underway? Join Lucas and Luna as they unpack one of the most pivotal events in medieval history, exploring the personality of Hulagu, the role of his Nestorian Christian wife Dokuz Khatun, and the political calculations that led to Baghdad's ruin. #HulaguKhan #SiegeOfBaghdad1258 #AbbasidCaliphate #MongolEmpire #IslamicGoldenAge #AlMustaSim #IbnAlAlqami #DokuzKhatun #NestorianChristian #HouseOfWisdom #Tigris #MongolWarfare #MedievalHistory #CentralAsia #FexingoHistory #History #Siege #Caliphate Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo