Abaqa Khan

Abaqa Khan ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠠᠨ
Abaqa enthroned with his khatun (possibly Dorji Khatun)
Ilkhan
Reign	8 February 1265 – 1282
Predecessor	Hulagu Khan
Successor	Ahmed Tekuder
Born	(1234-02-27)27 February 1234 Mongolia
Died	4 April 1282(1282-04-04) (aged 48) Hamadan, Ilkhanate
Consort	Buluqhan Khatun
Issue	Arghun Gaykhatu Oljath El Qutlugh Khatun (daughter)
Dynasty	Borjigin
Father	Hulagu Khan
Mother	Yesuncin Khatun
Religion	Buddhism

Abaqa Khan (27 February 1234 – 4 April 1282, Mongolian: Абаха/Абага хан (Khalkha Cyrillic), ᠠᠪᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
ᠬᠠᠨ (Traditional script), "paternal uncle", also transliterated Abaġa), was the second Mongol ruler (Ilkhan) of the Ilkhanate. The son of Hulagu Khan and Lady Yesünčin and the grandson of Tolui, he reigned from 1265 to 1282 and was succeeded by his brother Ahmed Tekuder.^[1] Much of Abaqa's reign was consumed with civil wars in the Mongol Empire, such as those between the Ilkhanate and the northern khanate of the Golden Horde. Abaqa also engaged in unsuccessful attempts at invading Syria under the Mamluk Sultanate, which included the Second Battle of Homs.