Ascelin of Lombardia receiving a letter from Pope Innocent IV (left), and remitting it to the Mongol general Baiju (right).
Viceroy of Mongol Empire in Near East
In office 1241–1247
Appointed by
Ögedei
Preceded by
Chormaqan
Succeeded by
Eljigidei
In office 1251–1255
Appointed by
Möngke
Preceded by
Eljigidei
Succeeded by
Hulagu
Personal details
Died
c. 1258
Military service
Battles/wars
Battle of Köse Dağ
Siege of Baghdad (1258)
Baiju Noyan or Baichu (Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠵᠤ ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ; Persian: بایجو نویان; Chinese: 拜住; pinyin: Bàizhù; in European sources: Bayothnoy; fl. died c. 1258) was a Mongol commander in Persia, Armenia, Anatolia and Georgia. He was appointed by Ögedei Khan to succeed Chormagan. He was the last direct imperial governor of the Mongol Near East; after his death Hulagu's descendants inherited domains he once commanded.
BaijuNoyan or Baichu (Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠶᠢᠵᠤ ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ; Persian: بایجو نویان; Chinese: 拜住; pinyin: Bàizhù; in European sources: Bayothnoy; fl. died c. 1258) was...
Yancheng, Jiangsu, China BaijuNoyan (fl. 13th-century), a Mongol commander and noyan in Persia, Anatolia and Georgia Baiju Bawra ("Baiju the Insane", 1542–1613)...
Eljigidei Noyan (Mongolian: ᠡᠯᠵᠢᠭᠲᠡᠢ ᠨᠣᠶᠠᠨ, d. 1251) was a Mongol commander in Persia. He was a commander of the Kheshig during reign of Ögedei. Following...
Chormaqan (also Chormagan or Chormaqan Noyan) (Mongolian: ᠴᠣᠷᠮᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢ; Khalkha Mongolian: Чормаган; died c. 1241) was one of the most famous generals...
he acceded to the throne on May 1, 1257 again after the departure of BaijuNoyan from Anatolia Between 1262 and 1266 Rukn ad-Dīn Kilij Arslan IV reigned...
around Malatya. In 1246, tribesmen were known to have fought against BaijuNoyan (r. 1241–47, 1251–55), the commander of the Mongol Empire in the Near...
Ascelin of Lombardy who travelled to meet the Mongol general BaijuNoyan at Tabriz in May 1247. Baiju and Ascelin discussed an alliance against the Ayyubids...
he acceded to the throne on May 1, 1257 again after the departure of BaijuNoyan from Anatolia Between 1262 and 1266 Rukn ad-Dīn Kilij Arslan IV reigned...
conflicts among the Mongols themselves, whereby David Ulu was supported by BaijuNoyan, the general and commander of Persia, and his contemporary brother Batu...
requisitioned to bring siege machines from China. October – Mongol forces led by BaijuNoyan (operating under Hulagu Khan's command) win a victory over Kaykaus II...
Winter – Mongol forces move down from their base at Hamadan, while BaijuNoyan crosses the Tigris River at Mosul with his army. On the left-wing Kitbuqa...
War of the Lombards. June 26 – Battle of Köse Dağ: The Mongols under BaijuNoyan defeat the Seljuk Turks of the Sultanate of Rum and their Byzantine allies...
colony in Crimea on the north of the Black Sea. The Mongol commander BaijuNoyan saw this as an opportunity to occupy East Anatolia, and in 1242 he captured...
Yesülün Khatun – daughter of Qata Noyan of Khongirads (cousin of Börte) Mutukan – killed during siege of Bamyan in 1221 Baiju Büri (d. 1252) – a commander...
War of the Lombards. June 26 – Battle of Köse Dağ: The Mongols under BaijuNoyan defeat the Seljuk Turks of the Sultanate of Rum and their Byzantine allies...
his father and mother respectively. Baidar (13th century), commander. BaijuNoyan (fl. 1228–1260), Mongol commander in Persia, Anatolia and Georgia. Bayan...
requisitioned to bring siege machines from China. October – Mongol forces led by BaijuNoyan (operating under Hulagu Khan's command) win a victory over Kaykaus II...
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