Ilga Noyan

Ilga Noyan, Ilka Noyan, also Ilge Noyan or Elgäi Noyan (born in Mongolia,^[3] died after 1265), was a Jalayirid general of the Mongol ruler Hulegu Khan. He was the father of Aq Buqa, and grandfather of Amir Husain Jalayir, and great-grandafather of Hasan Buzurg, founder of the Jalayirid dynasty.^[4] The Mongol Jalayirid dynasty was also called "Ilka dynasty" or "Ilkanids" after him.^[5]

Ilka Noyan was also known as Köke (Kukā, ‘Blue’) Ilge.^[1] He belonged to the Mongol Jalair (Jalāyer) tribe, whose ancestral location before the conquests of Ghenghis Khan was along the River Onon in Mongolia.^[1] Ilka Noyan accompanied Hülegü on his expedition to Western Asia in the 1250s, participating in the capture of the Assassin fortress in Qohestan in 1256.^[1] He participated in the Siege of Baghdad in 1258, and was put in charge of rebuilding the city thereafter.^[1] He also participated in the campaign to Mayyāfāreqin, and in the late 1260s the campaign to avenge the defeat in the 1260 Battle of Ain Jalut against the Mamluk Sultanate.^[1]

As of 1265, Ilka Noyan was Commander in Chief of the Il-khanid armies of Hulegu.^[6]

When Abaqa was enthroned in 1265, in charge of the ordos (“royal encampment”), and was described as a "veteran amir".^[1]

Many of his sons were in the service of Abaqa's successors,^[1] particularly Shīktūr Noyan and Aq Būqā.^[7]