<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ukunqotshwa kweBaghdad nokufa komkhalifa ngo-1258 kwaphawula ukuphela kwe-Abbasid Caliphate futhi kwahlanganisa izindawo zayo eMbusweni WamaMongol, ngaphandle kweMamluk Egypt kanye neningi lase-Arabia. Lapho uKhagan noma u-Great Khan woMbuso WamaMongol, uMöngke Khan, efa ngo-1259, noma yikuphi ukwanda kukaHulegu kwamiswa, njengoba kwadingeka abuyele enhlokodolobha yamaMongol iKarakorum ukuze akhethe i-khagan entsha. Ukungabikho kwakhe kwaholela ekunqotshweni kokuqala kwamaMongol amaMamluk aseGibhithe ngesikhathi seMpi yase-Ain Jalut  <response>: ngo-1260. Izinkinga zaqala ukuvela lapho amaMongol engakwazi ukufinyelela ekuvumelaneni ngokuthi ubani okufanele akhethe i-khagan. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwaba nokungqubuzana emphakathini phakathi kwabakholelwa emasikweni ababefuna ukulondoloza isiko labo lokuzulazula kanye namaMongol ayethuthukela ekulimeni okuhlala phansi. Konke lokhu kwaholela ekuwohlokeni kombuso ngo-1260. UHulegu wahlukanisa indawo yakhe yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi yaba i - Ilkhanate ezimele, eyayihlanganisa ingxenye enkulu ye - Armenia, i - Anatolia, i - Azerbaijan, iMesopotamiya ne - Iran. 