Baydu

Baydu
Negotiations between representatives of Ghazan and Baydu. Miniature from the manuscript of Jami' al-tawarikh. 15th century, Herat
Ilkhan
Reign24 March 1295 – 4 October 1295
PredecessorGaykhatu
SuccessorGhazan
VizierJamal ud-Din Dastgerdani
Born1255 or 1256
Mongolia
Died(1295-10-04)4 October 1295
Outside Tabriz
DynastyBorjigin
FatherTaraqai
MotherQaraqcin

Baydu (Mongolian script:ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠳᠤ; Mongolian: Байду) (died 1295) was the sixth ruler of the Mongol empire's Ilkhanate division in Iran. He was the son of Taraqai, who was in turn the fifth son of Hulagu Khan. He succeeded his cousin Gaykhatu as khan of the Ilkhanate in 1295.