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| name               = Tekuder
| title              = Khan
| image              =Tegüder recevant une ambassade.jpeg
| caption            = Tekuder receives an ambassador
| succession         = 
| reign              = 1282–1284
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| predecessor        = [[Abaqa]]
| successor          = [[Arghun]]
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| dynasty            =  [[Ilkhanate]]
| father             = [[Hulagu]]
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| religion           = [[Islam]]
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[[File:Tegüder et Shams al-Dîn Djuvaynî.jpeg|thumb|150px|left|Tekuder and [[Shams al-Din Juvayni]].]]
[[File:Fuite de l'armée de Tegüder.jpeg|thumb|150px|Tekuder leading his Mongol warriors.]]
[[File:Arghun et Tegüder.jpeg|thumb|150px|left|[[Arghun]] and Tekuder.]]

'''Ahmed Tekuder''' ([[Mongolian language|Mongolian]]: Tögöldör/Төгөлдөр, meaning “perfect”), also known as '''Sultan Ahmad''' (reigned 1282–1284), was the sultan of the [[Persia]]n-based [[Ilkhanate]], son of [[Hulegu]] and brother of [[Abaqa]]. He was eventually succeeded by his nephew [[Arghun Khan]].

==Early life==
Tekuder was born '''Nikola (''[[Nicholas]]'') Tekuder Khan''', and was baptized in his childhood as a [[Nestorian Christian]]. However, Tekuder later converted to [[Islam]]<ref>Steven Runciman. ''A History of the Crusades'', volume 3: ''The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades''. p. 397.</ref> and changed his name to ''[[Ahmed]]''.

==Ascension and sultanate==
When Tekuder assumed the throne in 1282, he turned the [[Ilkhanate]] into a sultanate. Tekuder zealously propagated his new faith and sternly required his ranking officers to do the same. {{clarify span|However, his nephew [[Arghun]], the governor of [[greater Khorasan|Khorasan]], was a [[Buddhist]]; and asked{{who|date=January 2015}} [[Kublai Khan]], the Great Khan of the [[Mongol Empire]] and the emperor of the [[Yuan Dynasty]], for help.|date=January 2015}} {{clarify span|Although, Kublai was angry with the situation, Arghun had to overthrow Tekuder himself given that the Great Khan's empire was far away from Persia.|date=January 2015}}

Tekuder sent a friendly letter to the [[Mamluk]] sultan and wished for peace. His conversion to Islam and good ties with the Mamluks were not viewed well by Mongol nobles.

When Arghun received no reply, he declared war against Tekuder. Tekuder requested help from the [[Mamluks|Mamluk Sultan]] but the Mamluks did not fully co-operate with Tekuder. Having a small and inferior army, Tekuder was defeated by Arghun's larger army, and he was eventually executed on August 10, 1284.

==References==
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* Atwood, Christopher P. (2004). ''The Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire''. Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4671-9. 
* [[David Morgan (historian)|David Morgan]], ''The Mongols''

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