THE MAIN COURSE OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF ILKHANATE RULER MAHMUD GHAZAN KHAN

Abstract

The reign of Ghazan Khan (1295-1304) occupies an important place in the history of the Ilkhanid dynasty. The religious and other socio-economic reforms, he carried out, changed the nature of the state, which was reflected in foreign policy. Despite the fact that he was a Muslim and used the name of the Prophet Mahmud, his foreign policy continued the traditional path of the Ilkhans before him, which is clearly reflected in the sources. Thus, like his non-Muslim predecessors, he continued his wars with the Mamluks of Egypt and the Ulus of Jochi for economic interests and the mission of leading the Muslim world, and did not stop the traditional diplomatic correspondence with the Christian Western world. Although he refused titles and attributes, which were considered formal signs of submission to the Supreme Mongol Khan, he paid attention to maintaining relations with Beijing at the economic level, but serious conflicts with his other relatives, the Jaghatai, over Khorasan were inevitable. Based on the primary sources of the period and the modern researcher works, the article comprehensively reexamines the main directions of the foreign policy of the period of Mahmud Ghazan Khan, "Padishah-e Islam"