Premise: Mahmud Ghazan ( 1271 -- 11 May 1304 ) ( , , sometimes referred to as Casanus by Westerners ) was the seventh ruler of the Mongol Empire 's Ilkhanate division in modern-day Iran from 1295 to 1304 . Ilkhanate . Later Ilkhanate rulers , beginning with Ghazan in 1295 , would convert to Islam .
Hypothesis: The Ilkhanate had Mahmud Ghazan as a ruler for almost ten years.
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