Hulagu Khan's Leadership

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Leaving their home country of Mongolia, an army led by the great Hulagu. The decedent of the once great ruler; Genghis Khan. He was sent after the execution of the Genghis. Hulagu was able to carefully plan out a route to the Saudi Arabian city. But how was he able to gain control of Baghdad? As a military leader, Hulagu Khan was a vicious leader. By any means necessary. Asking for the submission of the Caliph, the Mongolian army converged on the city, just to defeat them in the winter of 1258. After, the surrender of Baghdad on the tenth of February, Hulagu sentenced the Al-Mustasim to death. He was also a great ruler of the II- Khanid dynasty. Hulagu was able to create his own dynasty through a pre-existing one of his grandfather. Controlling …show more content…
The best before his ruling was his grandfather named Genghis Khan and was the most bloodthirsty Mongolian leader of his era. Hulagu was able to fulfil the dynasty that his grandfather left behind, he was capable to kill his enemies with the will of the Mongolian army with Hulagu. The great Khan was considered the destroyer of the Ismaili sect (Bulliet). Hulagu, in the end, was probably recognized as the best military leader of the Mongolian empire.
To end off, Hulagu Khan was the most heroic commander for Mongolia. Hulagu know when he is defeated because he retreats back so that he is able to regain the power back to his army (Encyclopedia of Biography). He had his brother tell him that he should take the loose and come back to Constantinople (Encyclopedia of Biography). If was an ignorant human being, he wouldn’t of withdrew his troops from the battle to go back to Constantinople. In order to regroup with everyone so that they don’t take the loose. Another time, Hulagu, by himself took out many different cities with the will of the army that was provided to him. Sheerly by the intelligence of the fighters and Hulagu, himself. Mongolia is a place of wit, it has to outsmart their enemy just to defeat them. All Hulagu needed was his intelligence. His other characteristic came with, they were not learned (McLynn). The best evidence to show is the blood that he left on the floor of the cities ruins that he destroyed. Can a ruler really be heroic? Many people write that he was what the Mongolian empire really needed. Since the death of Genghis Khan,

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