Mongol Armenia

Mongol Armenia
1236–1335
Georgia (and Armenia) in the aftermath of the Mongol invasion (1220–1245)
Georgia (and Armenia) in the aftermath
of the Mongol invasion (1220–1245)
StatusMongol vassal state
CapitalAni
Common languagesArmenian (native language)
Oghuz Turkic
Mongolian
Religion
Armenian Apostolic
Sunni Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Historical eraMedieval Armenia
• Established
1236
• Disestablished
1335
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Zakarid Armenia
Kingdom of Georgia
Kara Koyunlu
Kingdom of Georgia
Principality of Khachen

Mongol Armenia or Ilkhanid Armenia refers to the period beginning in the early-to-mid 13th century during which both Zakarid Armenia and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia became tributary and vassal to the Mongol Empire and the successor Ilkhanate. Armenia and Cilicia remained under Mongol influence until around 1335.

During the time period of the later Crusades (1250s to 1260s), there was a short-lived Armenian-Mongol alliance, engaged in some combined military operations against their common enemy, the Mamluks. They succeeded in the siege of Baghdad (1258), but suffered defeat eight years later.

The Armenian calls for a wider Christian-Mongol alliance against Mamluk Islam, advocated notably by Hayton of Corycus, were ignored by the Latin powers in the Levant, leading to the demise of the European Crusader States and the imminent failure of the Crusades as a whole.


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