Baydu

Baydu (died 4 October 1295) was the sixth Ilkhan of Persia, a grandson of Hulagu and son of Taraqai. After serving as viceroy in the Jazira, he overthrew his cousin Gaykhatu, who was strangled on 21 March 1295, and was enthroned at Tabriz.

An easygoing ruler sympathetic to Christianity, he wore a cross and allowed churches in his ordo while the victorious amirs partitioned the realm. Arghun's son Ghazan, backed by Amir Nawruz, then revolted from Khorasan; Baydu's army melted away, he was caught near Nakhchivan and executed on 4 October 1295, after a seven-month reign.