The Ilkhanate was the Mongol successor state in Iran, founded by Hülegü Khan after his sack of Baghdad (1258); it converted to Islam under Ghazan Khan and fostered a Mongol-Persian cultural synthesis.
Dissolved through internal fragmentation after the death of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan in 1335 CE, with no agreed successor, causing the realm to break apart into competing successor dynasties including the Jalayirids and Chobanids.
Places the Ilkhanate in the sweep of Iranian history and covers its conversion to Islam and patronage of Persian arts.
The definitive scholarly study of Mongol rule in western Asia and the Ilkhanate, from conquest through Islamization.