Turkish · proper noun · People & Roles
Halaaku
हलाकू
said ha-laa-koo
also written: hulagu, halaku khan, hulaku
Meaning
Hulagu Khan, the Mongol who sacked Baghdad in 1258 and ended the Abbasid caliphate; emblem of the destroyer of Islamic civilisation.
Related words
TURKISH
Changez
Genghis Khan (d. 1227), the Mongol conqueror; the byword for the devastating barbarian invader.
PERSIAN
Baghdad
The Abbasid capital, long the heart of Islamic learning and glory, sacked by the Mongols in 1258; emblem of a fallen golden age.
TURKISH
Tartar
The Tartars (Tatars) of Central Asia, famed in verse for the musk of their region and for their ferocious warriors; the type of the wild marauder.