Editing List of monarchs of Iran (section)

==== Mongol Empire (1220–1259) ====
{{See also|Mongol Empire|Borjigin|List of Mongol rulers}}
[[File:Mongol Empire (greatest extent).svg|thumb|The [[Mongol Empire]]'s nominal size under [[Kublai Khan]] (1279)|190px]]
The Mongol Empire was established by [[Genghis Khan]] in 1206 through uniting the [[Mongols|Mongol]] clans.{{Sfn|Lane|2012|p=244}} The unification of the clans was followed by aggressive imperial expansion throughout Asia and parts of Europe.{{Sfn|Lane|2012|p=244}} In the early thirteenth century, the Mongols under reached Iran. The region around [[Bukhara]] was conquered in 1220{{Sfn|Aigle|2024|p=26}} and the Khwarazmian Empire was destroyed.{{Sfn|Bosworth|2009}} Over the following decades, further conquests followed in the Middle East, culminating in the [[Siege of Baghdad|fall of Baghdad]] and end of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s rule there in 1258.{{Sfn|Lane|2012|p=250}}

The rulers of the Mongol Empire used the ruling title ''[[khagan]]'' ({{Literal translation|Great Khan' or 'emperor}}).{{Sfn|Falk|2010|p=9}} In the 1230s, the Mongol Empire established its capital at [[Karakorum]] in Mongolia.{{Sfn|Dashdondog|2011|p=85}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"
! width="7%" |Portrait
! width="27%" |Name
! width="32%" |Reign
! width="34%" |Succession
|-
|[[File:YuanEmperorAlbumGenghisPortrait.jpg|65px]]
|[[Genghis Khan]]
|1220{{Sfn|Aigle|2024|p=26}} – 25 August 1227{{Sfn|Atwood|2023|loc=The 1228 theory}}<br /><small>(7 years)</small>
|Founder of the Mongol Empire.{{Sfn|Lane|2012|pp=249–250}} Conquered the region around [[Bukhara]] in 1220, initiating Mongol rule in Iran.{{Sfn|Aigle|2024|p=26}}
|-
|[[File:YuanEmperorAlbumOgedeiPortrait.jpg|65px]]
|[[Ögedei Khan]]
|13 September 1229{{Sfn|Atwood|2023|loc=The 1228 theory}} – 11 December 1241{{Sfn|Pow|2022}}<br /><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1229|9|13|1241|12|11}})</small>
|Son of Genghis{{Sfn|Lane|2012|p=250}}
|-
|[[File:Guyuk khan from Persian miniature.jpg|65px]]
|[[Güyük Khan]]
|24 August 1246 – April 1248{{Sfn|Jackson|2002}}<br /><small>(1 year and 8 months)</small>
|Son of Ögedei{{Sfn|Dashdondog|2011|p=82}}
|-
|[[File:Audience de Möngke.jpeg|65px]]
|[[Möngke Khan]]
|2 May 1252{{Sfn|Aigle|2024|p=27}} – 11 August 1259{{Sfn|Dashdondog|2011|p=143}}<br /><small>({{Age in years, months and days|1252|5|2|1259|8|11}})</small>
|Grandson of Genghis{{Sfn|Dashdondog|2011|p=86}}
|}