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Sack of Baghdad

BelligerentsIlkhanateAbbasid CaliphateCommanders and leadersHulegu KhanBaijuKitbuqaGuo KanZakare III ZakarianPŕosh KhaghbakianNaser od-Din TusiAl-Musta'sim Muhammad ibn al-AlqamiStrength 138,000–300,000, including auxiliaries from Armenia, Georgia, China and elsewhere 50,000Casualties and losses 200,000 killed (according to Hulegu)800,000–2,000,000 killed (Muslim sources)The Siege of Baghdad, also known as the Sack of Baghdad, took place in early 1258.

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