July
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/ 2016
The Fall of Bagdad Hulegu sent messages to his commanders informing them to muster their forces and move on Baghdad. Baiju moved his forces from Rum via Mosul to cover the western side. Ked-Buka advanced from Luristan, a province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains. Contingents from the Golden Horde under the command of Batu’s three nephews approached from Kurdistan from the north. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"24369","attributes":{"alt":"Tode Mongke Khan of the Golden Horde.","class":"media-image","height":"700","style":"width: 459px; height: 700px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"459"}}]] Tode Mongke Khan of the Golden Horde. ( Public Domain ) Hulegu led the main force from Hulwan, located in Kermanshah Province in western Iran. In other words, the Mongol army was approaching the city in an arc from the north, which allowed them to converge
