Öljaitü

Öljaitü
Muhammad Khodabandeh
Pādishāh-i Īrānzamīn
(Padishah of the Land of Iran)
Öljaitü and ambassadors from the Yuan dynasty, 1438, "Majma' al-Tavarikh"
Ilkhan
Reign9 July 1304 – 16 December 1316
Coronation19 July 1304
PredecessorGhazan
SuccessorAbu Sa'id
Viceroy of Khorasan
Reign1296 – 1304
PredecessorNirun Aqa
SuccessorAbu Sa'id
Born(1282-03-24)24 March 1282
Between Sarakhs and Merv, Khorasan, Ilkhanate
Died16 December 1316(1316-12-16) (aged 34)
Soltaniyeh, Ilkhanate
Burial
IssueBastam
Tayghur
Sulayman Shah
Abu'l Khayr
Abu Sa'id
Ilchi (alleged)
Dowlandi Khatun
Sati Beg
Sultan Khatun
Regnal name
Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Khudabanda Öljaitü Sultan
DynastyIlkhanate
FatherArghun
MotherUruk Khatun
ReligionBuddhism (until 1291)
Christianity (until 1295)
Sunni Islam (until 1310)
Shia Islam (until his death)

Öljaitü, also known as Mohammad-e Khodabandeh (24 March 1282 – 16 December 1316), was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz, Iran. His name 'Öjaitü' means 'blessed' in the Mongolian language and his last name 'Khodabandeh' means 'God's servant' in the Persian language.

He was the son of the Ilkhan ruler Arghun, brother and successor of Mahmud Ghazan (5th successor of Genghis Khan), and great-grandson of the Ilkhanate founder Hulegu Khan.