Abaqa Khan

Abaqa Khan (1234–1282), the son of Hulagu and Oroqina Khatun, a Mongol Christian. As the second Il-Khan emperor in Persia, he reigned from 1265–1282. During his reign, Abaqa, a devout Buddhist, attempted to convert the Muslims and harassing them mercilessly by promoting Nestorian and Buddhist interests ahead of the Muslims, by sending embassies to Pope Gregory X and Edward I of England. In 1265, upon his succession, he received the hand of Maria Despina Palaiologina, the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus, in marriage.
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