During the next week, the Mongols sacked Baghdad, committing numerous atrocities and destroying the Abbasids' vast libraries, including the House of Wisdom.

The bottom line of his research was that it was the Mamelukes who saved Islam from the invading Mongols who sacked Baghdad.

The following year (1258) the Mongols led by Hulagu Khan sacked Baghdad.

His descendant Hulagu Khan destroyed much of Iran's northern part and sacked Baghdad although his forces were halted by the Mamluks of Egypt.

Hulagu Khan sacked Baghdad on 10 February 1258, causing great loss of life.

Abbasid rule was ended in 1258, when Hulagu Khan, the Mongol conqueror, sacked Baghdad.

They sacked Baghdad in 1258, and Aleppo and Damascus in 1260, destroying both the Abbasid caliphate and the last vestiges of the Ayyubid dynasty.

They sacked Baghdad in 1258 and proceeded westward, capturing Aleppo, and Damascus.

In February 1258, the Mongol army sacked Baghdad, massacred its inhabitants and killed the Abbasid Caliph Al-Musta'sim.

In 1258, the Mongols under Hulegu Khan sacked Baghdad and ended Abbasid rule.