Kupambwa kweBaghdad uye kufa kwemukuru wehurumende muna 1258 kwakaratidza kuguma kweHurumende yeAbbasid uye kwakabatanidza nzvimbo dzayo kuHumambo hweMongolia, kusabatanidza Mamluk Egypt uye ruzhinji rweArabia. Apo Khagan (kana Great Khan) weMongol Empire, Möngke Khan, akafa muna 1259, kuwedzera kupi nokupi kwakaitwa naHulegu kwakamiswa, sezvo aifanira kudzokera kuguta guru reMongol reKarakorum nokuda kwesarudzo ye khagan itsva. Kusavapo kwake kwakaguma nekukundwa kwekutanga kwevaMongol (nevaMamluk veEgipita) panguva yeHondo yeAin Jalut
muna 1260. Nyaya dzakatanga kumuka apo vaMongol vakaramba vachikundikana kusvika pakubvumirana pamusoro pokuti ndiani aizosarudza khagan. Mukuwedzera, kurwisana kwenzanga kwakaitika pakati pevanhu vomugamuchidzanwa vaida kuchengeta tsika yavo yokufamba-famba uye vaMongol vaienda kunzvimbo yokurima. Zvose izvi zvakaita kuti umambo hwacho huparadzane muna 1260. Hulegu akakamura nharaunda yake yokuMiddle East kuti ive Ilkhanate yakazvimirira, iyo yaibatanidza Armenia, Anatolia, Azerbaijan, Mesopotamia, uye Iran.