Buqa (died January 16, 1289) was a Mongol lord who was instrumental in sweeping Arghun to power as the fourth Il-Khan of Iran in 1284 and became his chief minister (vizier) and advisor, succeeding Shams ad-Din Juvayni whom Arghun had executed. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Arghun Khan (c 1258 &ndash March 7, 1291 was the fourth ruler of the Mongol empire's Ilkhanate, from 1284 to 1291 The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate (Ил Хан улс Il Khan uls;) was a Mongol Khanate established in For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. A Vizier ( - wazīr) (sometimes also spelled Vazir Vizir Vasir Wazir Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many western Asian Shams al-Din Juvayni (d 1285 was a Vizier and sahib-divan or Minister of Finance under the Mongol Ilkhans Hulagu, Abaqa and Aided by his brother Aruq, Buqa embarked on a reform that revolutionized the monetary and fiscal structure of the empire. [1]
Initially, he was allowed to exercise wide powers, but his arrogance and excesses soon raised him many enemies. Perceiving that he had lost the khan’s favour, Buqa organized a conspiracy in which several of the Il-Khanate lords and Arghun’s vassal king Demetre II of Georgia (whose daughter Rusudan was married to Buqa’s son) were implicated. Saint King Demetre II the Self-sacrificer (დემეტრე II თავდადებული (1259 &ndash 12 March 1289) from the Bagrationi The group was penetrated by the khan’s agents and the plot was soon revealed. Buqa was arrested and put to death on January 16, 1289. He was succeeded as vizier by a Jewish physician Sa’d al-Daula of Abhar. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Abhar is a city in Zanjan Province, Iran, between Ghazvin and Zanjan; located in Abhar County, near the Abhar River. [2][3]