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Kublai Khan

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Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China; he establish the Yuan dynasty and built a great capital on the site of modern Beijing where he received Marco Polo (1216-1294)

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After Singhasari drove Srivijaya out of Java in 1290, the rising power of Singhasari came to the attention of Kublai Khan in China and he sent emissaries demanding tribute. Source: Internet

An invitation to come back to Qufu was extended to the southern Duke Yansheng Kong Zhu by the Yuan dynasty Emperor Kublai Khan. Source: Internet

For example, Persian was the only non-European language known and used by Marco Polo at the Court of Kublai Khan and in his journeys through China. Source: Internet

Franke, p 572 In Bayan's overthrow by the younger generation, the movement to restore the status quo from reign of Kublai Khan effectively died. Source: Internet

One such event is the saving of Japan from invasion by the Mongol fleet of Kublai Khan by the Kamikaze winds in 1281. Source: Internet

His younger brother Kublai Khan was proclaimed the new Great Khan, though his claim was only partially recognized by the Mongols in the west. Source: Internet

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