On this day (5 November 1271 CE), the most prominent Mongol Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan, later Mahmud Ghazan, was born….

On this day (5 November 1271 CE), the most prominent Mongol Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan, later Mahmud Ghazan, was born.

He was the 7th ruler of the Mongol Ilkhanate (a division of the Mongol Empire). He was the great-grandson of the founder of the Hulagu Khan as well as the great-great-grandson of the founder of the Mongol Empire: Genghis Khan.