Q
Easy 1 Mark
Islamic Studies Caliphate & Rulers: From the Rightly Guided Caliphs to the Ottoman Caliphate
Who destroyed Baghdad and ended the Abbasid Caliphate in 656 AH?
Explanation
Hulagu Khan led the Mongol forces that destroyed Baghdad in 656 AH (1258 CE), killing hundreds of thousands and throwing the books of the House of Wisdom into the Tigris River.
Reference: Islamic Studies - Caliphate & Rulers , Page 8
Hint
The Tigris River reportedly turned black from the ink of thousands of books thrown into it.
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