Gajchatu
Gajchatu (d. 1295) - the ruler of the Ilkhanid dynasty, ruling in the years 1291-1295.
He was Argun's second son. Initially, he was governor of Anatolia. He took the throne while his older brother Mahmud Ghazan was engaged in fighting with Naruzem in the east of the Hulagid state. The foreign policy of this ruler was centered on relations with the Mamluk sultan, who in 1291 acquired Akka, the last enclave of the Crusaders in the Holy Land. The Sultan Al-Ashraf Chalil has occupied several strongholds: Bahana, Marash and Tall Hamdun on the Syrian border. The plans of his further expansion at the expense of the Ilchisha prevented his assassination in December 1293 by the conspiracy of the Mamluk aristocracy. The most important event of the reign of Gajchat was the attempt to introduce paper money, which ended in a complete fiasco. It deteriorated and so bad economic situation in the state. Gajchatu was more interested in domestic politics than Anatolia, where he was previously a lord than Iraq and Persia. Ilchan was assassinated as a result of a coup d'etat in which the grandson of Hulagu - Bajdu (1295), who succeeded him as the new ruler, probably participated. Bibliography
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