Mongols Besiege
buyids
The Seljuk Turks.
The British captured Baghdad in 1917 right before the end of WWI There is on the net a very illuminating letter from Lawrence of Arabia, written to the Times if my memory serves, written in 1921. It compares to the situation there as we speak !
Baghdad is Baghdad, there is no former name for the city, nor Persepolis or Babylon.
Mongols Besiege
when the invading Mongol armies captured the Abbasid capital of Baghdad.
1258
Hülegü Khan of the Mongols conquered Baghdad in 1258, effectively ending the Abbassid Caliphate.
When Halagu Khan, the Mongol general sacked Baghdad.
The Buyids captured Baghdad in 945CE
buyids
The Seljuk Turks.
Baghdad
Hulagu Khan of the Mongols defeated Abbasid Caliph Al-Musta'sim in 1258 in Baghdad. He completely conquered the Abbassid Empire and made sure to raze every city to the ground that gave him one iota of resistance.
The burning of Baghdad effectively ended the Abbassid Empire and confirmed what most Muslims had already suspected for generations, which was that the idea of a unified Islamic World would remain an object of the past.
No, Baghdad was not burned down by the Seljuks. The Seljuks did capture Baghdad in 1055 and weakened the Abbasid Caliphate, but they did not completely end the Arab empire. The Arab empire continued to exist, albeit in a weakened state, until the Mongol invasion in 1258.