A karshen karni na 11, daular Khwarazmian ta karbi iko da kasar Iraki.Wannan lokaci na mulkin Turkawa da khalifancin Abbasiyawa ya kare da mamayar Mongol a karni na 13.^[51] Mongols, karkashin jagorancin Genghis Khan, sun ci Khwarezmia a shekara ta 1221. Duk da haka, Iraki ta sami jinkiri na wucin gadi saboda mutuwar Genghis Khan a 1227 da kuma gwagwarmayar iko a cikin daular Mongol.Möngke Khan, daga 1251, ya mulki Mongol fadada, kuma lokacin da Halifa al-Mustasim ya ki amincewa da bukatun Mongol, Baghdad ya fuskanci harin da Hulagu Khan ya jagoranta a 1258.Siege na Bagadaza, wani muhimmin al'amari a cikin mamayar Mongol, ya shafe kwanaki 13 daga ranar 29 ga Janairu zuwa 10 ga Fabrairun 1258. Sojojin Mongol na Ilkhanate tare da kawayensu, sun yi wa Bagadaza kawanya, da kame, kuma daga karshe suka kori Baghdad, hedkwatar Khalifancin Abbasiyawa a lokacin. .Wannan kawanyar da aka yi ta yi sanadin kisan kiyashin da aka yi wa akasarin mazauna birnin, wanda mai yiwuwa ya kai dubunnan daruruwan.Girman lalata dakunan karatu na birnin da muhimman abubuwan da ke cikin su ya kasance batun muhawara tsakanin masana tarihi.Sojojin Mongol sun kashe Al-Musta'sim tare da yi wa Bagadaza mummunar barna da barna.Wannan kewaye a alamance ta nuna ƙarshen Zamanin Zinare na Musulunci, lokacin da halifofi suka tsawaita mulkinsu daga yankin Iberian Peninsula zuwa Sindh.