The Mongols in the book "Al-Tarikh Al-Ghayathi" by Abdullah bin Fathallah Al- Baghdadi Al-Ghayathi (D. after the year 901 AH / 1495 AD)

Abstract

Historians who lived through most of the historical stages were interested in studying the history of the Mongols due to the political, military, economic and social effects they left on the lives of the peoples and the countries that they controlled, and the extent of their impact they were also affected by the civilizations of the peoples that were subject to them. The vast empire that Genghis Khan established (D. 624 AH / 1227 AD), which included several countries of different races and religions, it was not easy to manage and control the reins of affairs in it, and for this reason, Genghis Khan laid the foundations and pillars for it and a political and administrative approach to manage it. And this is what the historian Al-Ghayathi (D. after the year 901 AH / 1495 AD) was interested in studying in his book “Al-Tarikh Al-Ghayathi”, although he died at a late stage, but he provided important information about their history, especially his talk about the establishment of the Mongol-Ilkhanid state in Persia and the most important of them. It was taken over by the sons and grandsons of Hulagu (651-663 AH / 1253-1264 AD), as he shed light on the most important political and military events during the reign of each Elkhan, focusing on the internal struggles between the ruling family to assume power. Aff al-Dawla with his reference to the role of princes, ministers and those close to the Ilkhanate in provoking strife, which made it coveted by neighboring countries