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Eljigidei Noyan (Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠲᠡᠢ ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ, d. 1251) was a
Mongol commander in Persia. He was a
commander of the
Kheshig during reign of Ögedei, the second...
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Eljigidei. His next two
attempts to
invade the
Abbasid Caliphate in Iraq met less
success in 1249–50. He
again rose to
prominence as
Eljigidei and...
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Shortly afterwards, Al-Altan was put on
trial and
executed by the
general Eljigidei.
Although accounts of her life and
death were
heavily suppressed, with...
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crusade in 1248, he
received envoys from
Eljigidei, the
Mongol military leader stationed in
Armenia and Persia.
Eljigidei proposed that
Louis should launch an...
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replaced the
officials in Iran and the
Caucasus with his own men,
including Eljigidei. When Güyük
began moving west,
Sorghaghtani Beki, the
widow of Tolui,...
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Eljigidei, the
Mongol military commander stationed in
Armenia and Persia.
Eljigidei suggested that King
Louis should land in Egypt,
while Eljigidei attacked...
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Mongol generals in Persia. Güyük
appointed his best friend's
father Eljigidei as
chief commander of the
troops in
Persia and gave them the task of both...
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subsequently rebelled and were
besieged for
months by the
Mongol general Eljigidei, who was said to have
killed between 1,600,000 and 2,400,000
people during...
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mother the
regent and made a
surprisingly capable khan,
appointing Eljigidei in
Persia in
preparation for an
attack on
Baghdad and the
Ismailis and...
- of the
deaths of aristocrats, officials, and
Mongol commanders include Eljigidei, Yesü Möngke, Büri, and
Shiremun and
range from 77 to 300. However, most...
