ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Arghun dynasty

Okay kiddo, so the Arghun dynasty was a family who ruled over a place called the Ilkhanate in the olden days. Their leader was a man named Arghun Khan, and he became the ruler in the 1200s.

Now, the Ilkhanate was a big area that included parts of what we now call Iran, Iraq, and Armenia. Arghun Khan and his family were from a group of people called the Mongols, who were pretty powerful and were conquering lots of places at the time.

Under Arghun Khan's rule, the Ilkhanate became a pretty advanced place. They built lots of fancy buildings, did lots of trade with other countries, and even had their own coins with pictures of their rulers on them.

But, like lots of rulers, Arghun Khan had some troubles during his reign. He had to deal with lots of fighting amongst different groups within the Ilkhanate, as well as wars with other countries. He even had a weird obsession with trying to find the Holy Grail, which you might know from stories like King Arthur.

Eventually, the Arghun dynasty fell out of power, but their legacy lived on in the things they built and the ways they influenced the history of the Middle East.