Baydu

Baydu (juga dieja Baidu) (meninggal tahun 1295) adalah penguasa keenam Ilkhanat di Iran. Ia adalah putra dari Taraqai, yang merupakan putra kelima Hulagu Khan.Stevens, John. The history of Persia. Containing, the lives and memorable actions of its kings from the first erecting of that monarchy to this time; an exact Description of all its Dominions; a curious Account of India, China, Tartary, Kermon, Arabia, Nixabur, and the Islands of Ceylon and Timor; as also of all Cities occasionally mention'd, as Schiras, Samarkand, Bokara, &c. Manners and Customs of those People, Persian Worshippers of Fire; Plants, Beasts, Product, and Trade. With many instructive and pleasant digressions, being remarkable Stories or Passages, occasionally occurring, as Strange Burials; Burning of the Dead; Liquors of several Countries; Hunting; Fishing; Practice of Physick; famous Physicians in the East; Actions of Tamerlan, &c. To which is added, an abridgment of the lives of the kings of Harmuz, or Ormuz. The Persian history written in Arabick, by Mirkond, a famous Eastern Author that of Ormuz, by Torunxa, King of that Island, both of them translated into Spanish, by Antony Teixeira, who liv'd several Years in Persia and India; and now render'd into English. Ia menggantikan sepupunya Gaykhatu sebagai penguasa Ilkhanat pada tahun 1295.

Gaykhatu sebelumnya tewas dibunuh atas perintah dari Taghachar, panglima pasukan Mongol. Ia lalu mengangkat Baydu sebagai penguasa. Baydu dianggap mudah dikendalikan dan hanya menjadi penguasa boneka.Atwood, hlm. 525

Baydu sangat bersimpati dengan agama Kristen,Jackson, hlm. 176 tetapi terpaksa berpura-pura Muslim.Atwood, hlm. 253

Masa kekuasaannya berakhir setelah Ghazan berperang melawannya. Baydu mencoba lari ke Georgia, tetapi ia malah ditawan di dekat Nakhichevan.Steppes, hlm. 377-378 Ia lalu dibawa ke Tabriz dan dihukum mati pada 5 Oktober 1295.

 Referensi 

 Atwood, Christopher P. (2004). The Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. Facts on File, Inc. .

 Saunders, J.J., The History of the Mongol Conquests
 Grousset, Rene, Empire of the Steppes

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