Ilka Noyan

Ilka Noyan was also known as Köke (Kukā, ‘Blue’) Ilge. He belonged to the Mongol Jalair (Jalāyer) tribe, whose ancestral location before the conquests of Genghis Khan was along the River Onon in Mongolia. Ilka Noyan accompanied Hülegü on his expedition to Western Asia in the 1250s, participating in the capture of the Assassin fortress in Qohestan in 1256. He participated in the Siege of Baghdad in 1258, and was put in charge of rebuilding the city thereafter. He also participated in the campaign to Mayyāfāreqin, and in the late 1260s the campaign to avenge the defeat in the 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut against the Mamluk Sultanate.