Song, Liao, and Jin · Imperial Prince and Commander of the Western Campaign

Hulagu 旭烈兀

Died AD 1252

Passages
5
Chapters
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Histories
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Overview

The translated histories identify Hulagu as a general and royal family member. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Hulagu 旭烈兀
Personal name Hulagu 旭烈兀
Alternate name Hulagu 旭烈

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • General
  • Royal Family Member

Life and dates

Death

  • Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…是歲 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1252 · Statement: 諸王旭烈薨 — Prince Hulagu died
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0248

Attested activity

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered to campaign against the sultanates of the Western Regions · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…秋七月 · Regnal Year: 2 · Season: autumn · Lunar Month: 7 · Western Year: AD 1252 · Place: the Western Regions / 西域素丹諸國
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0057
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: ordered to lead armies against the caliphates of Baghdad and elsewhere in the Western Regions · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三年癸丑…夏六月 · Regnal Year: 3 · Season: summer · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 1253 · Place: Baghdad / 八哈塔
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0070
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: sent with Mangqasar at the head of troops to watch Shiremün and his brothers · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元年辛亥 · Regnal Year: 1 · Western Year: AD 1251 · Other Person Id: Mangqasar (忙哥撒兒)
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0031
  • Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: suppressed and pacified the Muslim caliphate, captured its king and sent envoys to report the victory · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八年戊午…二月 · Regnal Year: 8 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 1258
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0147

Source notes

  • Field: death-date · Statement: the chapter reports the death of Prince 旭烈 in the second year (1252) yet reports 旭烈兀 leading the western campaign in the third year (1253) and taking the caliph in the eighth year (1258) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年壬子…是歲 · Regnal Year: 2 · Western Year: AD 1252

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 5 passages