Did the Islamic Golden Age End Because of the Mongol Invasions?

Debunking the overplayed Mongol card

Hulagu Khan’s Siege of Baghdad. Image source: Wikimedia

On January 29, 1258, Al-Musta’sim, the last Abbasid Caliph, had his worst nightmare come true. After cheering for Alamut’s(the Nizari Islamili capital) annihilation the caliph found the Mongol war machine, led by Hulagu Khan, at his doorstep. The caliph underestimated how little support he had in…