Khorasan Province, the Ilkhanid Crown Prince's Residence

The Mongol invasion to Khorasan incurred a huge damage to this province and it lost its prosperity since it was the gateway of Mongol’s entrance to Iran. But with the establishment of the Ilkhanate dynasty in Iran, the once again rose out of the agony and distress and became the prince consort of Ilkhanate. Similar as other periods, it was a custom among ilkhanate that the crown prince was sent to key states for the practice of governance. At this time, due to strategic, economic, and commercial situation and human resources of Khorasan province, it became the prince consort of the government. Where at the time of Hulagu ruling Abaqa held this position, followed by Arghun at the time of Abaqa, Ghazan at the time of Arghun, Muhammad Aljayto at the time of Ghazan, and Abu-Sa’eed in the time of Muhammad Aljayto. This state regained prosperity and its earlier success as a result of the efforts of the Ilkhante crown princes and the Iranian patriarch on its potentials. The aim of this study is to obtain an understanding of the Ilkhante crown princes and the situation of Khorasan at their time. This article attempts to answer these two questions: 1. what are the features of Khorasan as a prince consort during the Ilkhanate dynasty? 2. Which princes held the emirate in this state and what did they do? Through this approach, this study adopts a descriptive analytical method and uses the library documents and references to investigate the situation in Khorasan as a prince consort.