Abstract
This paper attempts to analyze the nature, formation, and administration of the īnǧū in Iran under the Ilkhanate. The term īnǧū, derived from the Mongolian word emčü, refers to the private lands and subjects of Ilkhan, other Hülegüids, or other Chinggisids. During Abaγa Qan’s reign, the influence of J̌öči, Čaγatai, and Ögödei families in Iran gradually fell and the īnǧū of the Hülegüids began to increase. Although an Ilkhan’s īnǧū formed during his reign usually passed to the next Ilkhan, the Ilkhan’s sons had authority over the īnǧū that originated from before the Ilkhan’s enthronement. In contrast to īnǧū, the term dalāy was applied to dīwānī property administered by the supreme dīwān.
