The Mongol Empire, 1206–1294 · THE MAP IN 1258

Map of the Mongol Empire in 1258

Baghdad

The Mongol Empire in 1258: Baghdad. Since 1254, 1 territory changed status on this map: The Abbasid Caliphate (mod. Iraq).

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Map of the Mongol Empire in 1258: Baghdad. Colours show Other settled powers (Jin China, Christendom, Delhi), The Mongol Empire, Tributaries & vassals. — 1258 · THE MONGOL EMPIRE, 1206–1294

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v0.2.1 — historical political boundaries · Asia for Educators — Expansion under Ögödei · Asia for Educators — Collapse of the Empire and Four Sectors · ISEAS Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Working Paper 25 — Mongol campaigns · Peter Jackson, Encyclopaedia Iranica — Mongols · The Metropolitan Museum of Art — The Legacy of Genghis Khan · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · Janet Martin — Medieval Russia 980–1584, chronology · Institute of History of Ukraine — Mongol invasion and its consequences

Source details

Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY 4.0 · Selected dated polygons; documented unions, differences and shared edges for event-specific reconstructions; projected for display.
Asia for Educators, Columbia University. Text consulted for historical facts; no map or prose copied
Asia for Educators, Columbia University. Text consulted for historical facts; no map or prose copied
ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute. Historical facts consulted; no map or prose copied
Peter Jackson / Encyclopaedia Iranica. Historical facts consulted; thematic geometry independently reconstructed
Qamar Adamjee and Stefano Carboni, 2003. Historical facts consulted; no image or prose copied
Natural Earth. Public domain
Janet Martin, Cambridge University Press. Historical facts consulted; no map or prose copied
Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine, 2019. Historical facts consulted; thematic geometry independently reconstructed

For the Baghdad transfer in 1258, Abbasid territory is intersected with the next Mongol frame. No later Syrian conquest is imported.

proxy: 1206 reference extent · reconstruction: 1188–1259 · reconstruction: 1236–1259 · reconstruction: 1237–1240 · reconstruction: 1250–1259 · reconstruction: 1250–1259 territory; post-1253 allegiance · reconstruction: 1250–1271 · reconstruction: 1250–1278 · reconstruction: 1250–1284 · reconstruction: 1258 · reconstruction: 1258; pre-conquest Tibetan reference 1139–1235 · reconstruction: 1258; regional outlines from pre-conquest 1206 principalities · vector: 1072–1325 · vector: 1072–1374 · vector: 1111–1278 · vector: 1139–1259 · vector: 1188–1259 · vector: 1188–1271 · vector: 1188–1284 · vector: 1188–1304 · vector: 1192–1325 · vector: 1192–1362 · vector: 1202–1259 · vector: 1202–1374 · vector: 1202–1743 · vector: 1210–1304 · vector: 1220–1313 · vector: 1227–1259 · vector: 1236–1259 · vector: 1236–1293 · vector: 1236–1452 · vector: 1241–1271 · vector: 1241–1278 · vector: 1241–1293 · vector: 1241–1313 · vector: 1241–1351 · vector: 1250–1259 · vector: 1250–1271 · vector: 1250–1278 · vector: 1250–1284 · vector: 1250–1293 · vector: 602–1501 · vector: 936–1271

Layer records and reconstruction methods

What changes on the map

The Abbasid Caliphate (mod. Iraq)

The Islamic powers → The Mongol Empire

On the ground

In Baghdad’s hinterland, the destruction of 1258 broke canals and devastated the population.

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