Berke–Hulegu war
| Berke–Hulegu war | |||||||||
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| Part of the Toluid Civil War, the division of the Mongol Empire and the Golden Horde–Ilkhanate war | |||||||||
Battle at the Terek (1262). Hayton of Corycus, Fleur des histoires d'orient. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ilkhanate | Golden Horde | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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The Berke–Hulegu war was fought between two Mongol leaders, Berke Khan of the Golden Horde and Hulegu Khan of the Ilkhanate. It was fought mostly in the Caucasus Mountains area in the 1260s after the destruction of Baghdad in 1258. The war overlaps with the Toluid Civil War in the Mongol Empire between two members of the Tolui family line, Kublai Khan and Ariq Böke, who both claimed the title of Great Khan (Khagan). Kublai allied with Hulegu, while Ariq Böke sided with Berke. Hulegu headed to Mongolia for the election of a new Khagan to succeed Möngke Khan, but the loss of the Battle of Ain Jalut to the Mamluks forced him to withdraw back to the Middle East. The Mamluk victory emboldened Berke to invade the Ilkhanate. The Berke–Hulegu war and the Toluid Civil War as well as the subsequent Kaidu–Kublai war marked a key moment in the fragmentation of the Mongol empire after the death of Möngke, the fourth khan of the Mongol Empire.