Correct Answer:
C. Mongols
Correct answer: Mongols. The Mongols, under Hulagu Khan, destroyed the Abbasid caliphate by capturing Baghdad in 1258.
Background: The fall of Baghdad ended the Abbasid caliphate in Iraq.
- Seljuk: The Seljuks protected rather than overthrew the Abbasids.
- Umayyad: The Abbasids themselves overthrew the Umayyads in 750.
- None of these: “None of these” is incorrect because the Mongols are correct.
Did you know? The Abbasids had ruled from 750 CE.
Memory trick: 1258: Mongols in Baghdad.