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The Mongols, led by Hulagu Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, captured and sacked Baghdad on February 10, 1258, resulting in the near-total destruction of the city, massive casualties and ending the Abbasid Caliphate and the Islamic Golden Age. Caliph: Al-Musta'sim was executed on February 20, 1258, reportedly rolled in a rug and trampled by horses to avoid shedding royal blood.