Ілхан мемлекетінің сұлтаны Ахмет Текудер

Sultan of the Persian based Ilkhanate (1246 1284) (r. 1282 1284)

Ahmed Tekuder (, meaning “perfect”; تکودار) (c. 1246 10 August 1284), also known as Sultan Ahmad (reigned 1282–1284), was the sultan of the Persian based Ilkhanate, son of Hulegu and brother of Abaqa. He was eventually succeeded by his nephew Arghun Khan.

Tekuder was born c. 1246 in Mongolia to Hulagu and Qutui Khatun from Khongirad tribe as his seventh son. His birth date is not mentioned elsewhere but according to sources he died aged 37, therefore his birth year must have been around 1246 or 1247. He was baptized in his childhood as a Nestorian Christian and was given name Nicholas. He arrived in the Ilkhanate sometime in the 1260s with his mother Qutui and brother Tekshin. Years later, he was granted governorship of Nahavand and Dinavar by Abaqa, who respected his mother Qutui. Qutui was also invested with territories with income of 100.000 gold coins near Mayyafariqin by Abaqa.

The circumstances of Tekuder's conversion to Islam are unknown. However, according to Ibn al Fuwati he had been given information about his religious mentor and perhaps the person responsible for Tekuder's conversion Kamal al Din Abd ul Rahman. He was described as a Greek slave of al Musta'sim Billah, who rose in rank thanks to his skills at alchemy and met Abaqa to whom he was introduced by Aybak. Abd ul Rahman was introduced to Tekuder later by his mother Qutui Khatun. Tekuder sometime later converted to Islam and changed his name to Ahmed. While Abd ul Rahman would later rise in court and eventually be an ambassador to Mamluk Egypt.