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Name: Campaign against the Nizaris

Type: Event

Start: 1256 AD

End: 1257 AD

Parent: Invasion of Central Asia

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Was a Mongol campaign against the Nizari Ismaili State.

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  • November 1256: The Nizari Imam at Maymun-Dizh was Rukn al-Din Khurshah, the leader of the Ismaili sect. Hulagu Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan and the founder of the Ilkhanate, a division of the Mongol Empire. The surrender of the castle marked the end of the Nizari Ismaili stronghold in the region.
  • January 1257: Nizari leader Muqaddam al-Din finally surrendered to the Mongols in December 1256.
  • January 1257: Hulegu Khan, third son of Tolui, grandson of Genghis Khan, and brother of both Möngke Khan and Kublai Khan, was the first khan of the Ilkhanate. He destroyed the Nizari Ismaili state in 1256.

  • Selected Sources


  • Atwood, C. P. (2004): Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire, New York (USA), p. 225
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