Ghazan

Ghazan , Ghazan Khan or Ghazan Mahmud (Turkish qazan : cauldron), wire of Arghoun and Persian seventh ilkhan of . Born into 1271, it is converted with the Islam and reigned of 1295 to its death in 1304. His/her brother Oldjaïtou succeeded to him.

The aristocrats, dissatisfied with the measurements taken by Ghaykhatou and its governor, strangle it-qan with the cord of an arc, with Maghadan (1295). His/her cousin Baïdou, yielding to persuasion, succeeds to him. An insurrection bursts in the Khorasan, primarily populated Moslems, directed by the son of Arghoun, Ghazan, sympathizing with Islam and aspiring to the throne. Ghazan succeeds in gaining by promises the feudal lords supporting Baïdou. It takes Tabriz without blows to férir. Baïdou finds death whereas it was going to take refuge in Georgia.

Ghazan, which owes its throne with noble and to the Moslem soldiers, names governor of the empire the emir Naûroûz, originating in the Khorasan, which had supported it.

Naûroûz returns the Islam obligatory, prohibited all the other religions. The church S Christian women, the Synagog S and the Pagode S Buddhists are destroyed and set fire to, the killed priests. All the population is obliged to carry the Turban.

Ghazan, after having consolidated its capacity, makes stop and to put at dead by its faithful servants of weapons of the emir Naûroûz and it “clicks” military of Islam (March 1297). Naûroûz must flee. The governor of Herat, Fakhr ED-DIN, the book with Ghazan which makes it kill.

Ghazan restores the authority of the central capacity by measurements severe, even cruel, against the military commanders and the feudal lords suspected of plot.

He endeavors to rectify the economy. He makes strike a new currency which is engraved in three languages (Arab, Mongolian, Tibetan) the name of Ghazan, become emperor by the grace of the Sky Eternal. He ensures the safety of the rural and agricultural population, prohibiting plunderings, the rançonnement illegal one and the massacre of the population. The transgressors of the laws are struck heavy sorrows, independently of their origin and their function. Following the wars, the grounds are in waste land. Laws encourage the clearing: attribution of special tributes, property given to the clearer, expropriation of the not exploited ground owners. The Mongolian adopt a sedentary life and convert with the Islam. They will be assimilated in the indigenous population in a few decades.

Ghazan makes build with Tabriz imposing constructions: Mosque S, Medersa S, public edifices.

It conducts a campaign in Syria against the Mamelouks (1299 - 1300) but must give up occupying the country (1302).

With his death, his/her younger brother Oldjaïtou continues his policy, reinforcing his capacity with the detriment of the rights of the feudal ones.

External bonds

Genealogy http://perso.wanadoo.fr/steppeasia/genealogie_gengis_khan.htm

Random links: