The sources report the massacre in the city and the destruction of the Bayt al-Hikma library. The five-hundred-year-old Abbasid caliphate came to an end, and the political and psychological shock to the Islamic world was immense.
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Frequently asked questions
- What was Hulagu's Capture of Baghdad and the End of the Abbasid Caliphate?
- The forces of Hulagu Khan took Baghdad; the last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim was killed.
- When did Hulagu's Capture of Baghdad and the End of the Abbasid Caliphate happen?
- 1258 CE
- Where did Hulagu's Capture of Baghdad and the End of the Abbasid Caliphate take place?
- Bağdat, Irak