Arghun Aqa
Also known as: Aerhun · Aruqun
Arghun Agha, also Arghun Aqa or Arghun the Elder was a Mongol noble of the Oirat clan in the 13th century.
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Arghun Aqa: Ilkhanate
Arghun Agha, also Arghun Aqa or Arghun the Elder (Persian: ارغون آقا; Mongolian: ᠠᠷᠭᠤᠨ; fl. 1220 - 1275) was a Mongol noble of the Oirat clan in the 13th century. He was a governor in the Mongol-controlled area of Persia from 1243 to 1255, before the Ilkhanate was created by Hulagu.
Arghun Aqa: Baghdad, 1258
When in 1260 Hulegu Khan requested the presence of Georgians and Armenians for the Mongol invasions of the Levant, David Ulu, king of the Eastern Kingdom of Georgia rebelled, remembering the losses of his troops in the 1258 Siege of Baghdad.