Gaykhatu

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Gaykhatu was an Ilkhanid ruler of Persia in the late 13th century, known for his short and turbulent reign marked by financial crises and the failed introduction of paper money.

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Gaykhatu canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 13th-century monarch
Ilkhanid ruler
ancestor Genghis Khan
birthPlace Ilkhanate
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
capitalDuringReign Tabriz
causeOfDeath strangulation
conflict internal Ilkhanid power struggles
currencyReform issuance of paper chao notes in Tabriz
deathDate 1295
deathPlace Tabriz
dynasty Ilkhanid dynasty
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
ethnicity Mongol
executedBy supporters of Baydu
father Abaqa Khan
fullName Gaykhatu Khan
governmentType monarchy
grandfather Hulagu Khan
linked to: Hülegü Khan
greatGrandfather Tolui
historicalPeriod late 13th century
introduced paper currency based on Chinese models
knownAs Gaykhatu Ilkhan
mannerOfDeath execution
mother Qonqurtai Khatun
linked to: Ordu Khatun
notableFor attempted introduction of paper money
financial crisis during his reign
political instability in the Ilkhanate
paperMoneyConsequence commercial disruption in the Ilkhanate
paperMoneyInspiredBy Yuan dynasty paper currency
policyOutcome failure of paper money experiment
predecessor Arghun
reignEnd 1295
reignOver Ilkhanate
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Persia
reignStart 1291
relative Ghazan
Oljeitu
linked to: Öljeitü
religion Buddhism
Christianity
spouse Kurdjin Khatun
Ordu Khatun
Padishah Khatun
successor Baydu
territoryRuled Anatolia
Iraq
Persia
title Ilkhan
Khan

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Abaqa Khan child Gaykhatu
Arghun successor Gaykhatu
House of Hulagu notableMember Gaykhatu
Baydu predecessor Gaykhatu