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'Abu Sa'id' (June 2 , 1305 , Ujan – December 1, 1335) also 'Abusaid Bahador Khan', 'Abu Sayed Behauder'), was the ninth ruler of the Ilkhanate state in Iran (1316-1335).
In 1320, the Egyptian sultan Naser Mohammed ibn Kelaoun invaded and ravaged Christian Armenian Cilicia. In a letter dated July 1st, 1322, Pope John XXII sent a letter from Avignon to Abu Sa'id, reminding him of the alliance of his ancestors with Christians, asking him to intervene in Cilicia. At the same time he advocated that he abandons Islam in favour of Christinity. Mongols troops were sent to Cilicia, but only arrived after a ceasefire had been negociated for 15 years between Constantin, patriach of the Armenians, and the sultan of Egypt. After Abu Sa'id, relations between Christian princes and the Mongols were totally abandonned.^[1]
He died without heir and successor. The state lost its status after his death, becoming a plethora of little kingdoms run by Mongols, Turks, and Persians.

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