The Role of Oirats Governors in Political Relations of the Ilkhanate

The oirate people were of the tribes, in which by the presence in military structure of Genghis’s ruling, contracted an alliance with him and in support of ancestry credit and familial connection could play a leading role in political relations of The Ilkhanate. This article tends to show, what was the role of Oirate’s governors in political relations of The Ilkhanate. Achievements demonstrate that in first period, through the coalition with Genghis Ulus and marring his daughters, could gain a foothold in government framework. One of the celebrated figures of this time whom can be pointed out to, is Emir Arghun-Agha, minister of The Ilkhanate government. Assumption of authority by Emir Nauruz, the challenging period of Oirate tribes under the leadership of Emir Nauruz with the ruling of Ilkhanate started, in which led to mass emigration of Oirates to the Mamluk real in Egypt. Uprising of Sulamish is considered as one of the major political relations of Oirates and Ilkhanate in second period. In third period, coincident with the decline of Ilkhanate government must pay specific attention to the role of Ali Shah the uncle of Ilkhan Abu Sa’id and Oirates’s representative in Roman realm and Emir Arghun Shah, Oirate ruler of Khorasan. In this research with descriptive method, the role of Oirate’s ruler such as Emir Arghun-Agha, Amir Nauruz, Sulamish, Ali Shah the uncle of Ilkhan Abu Sa’id in Ilkhanate’s political current has been taken into consideration.