The date is seared into the collective memory of the Muslim world: February 10, 1258. When the armies of Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, breached the walls of Baghdad, the Abbasid Caliphate—the 500-year-old heart of Islamic learning and power—was extinguished in a river of blood and ink. For three years, the Islamic world experienced … Continue reading Conversion of Mongol into Islam