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'''Kublai Khan''' (Mongolian: <span style="writing-mode:tb-rl;vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl;vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>; Chinese: 忽必烈; 1215 – 1294) was the fifth ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]] and the first Emperor of the [[Yuan dynasty]] of [[China]] from 1260 to 1294. | '''Kublai Khan''' (Mongolian: <span style="writing-mode:tb-rl;vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢ</span><span style="writing-mode:tb-rl;vertical-align:text-top;">ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ</span>; Chinese: 忽必烈; 1215 – 1294) was the fifth ruler of the [[Mongol Empire]] and the first Emperor of the [[Yuan dynasty]] of [[China]] from 1260 to 1294. | ||
A grandson of [[Genghis Khan]] and brother to [[Ariq Boke]], [[Möngke Khan]], and [[Hülegü Khan]] | A grandson of [[Genghis Khan]] and brother to [[Ariq Boke]], [[Möngke Khan]], and [[Hülegü Khan]], Kublai is the second most well-known of the Mongolian rulers. His empire stretched even further than that of Genghis Khan did,{{Fact|June 2019}} and he was the first Mongol to rule over the entirety of China. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Revision as of 23:48, 2 June 2025
- "It is the arch that supports the bridge."
- ―Kublai Khan.[src]
Kublai Khan (Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Chinese: 忽必烈; 1215 – 1294) was the fifth ruler of the Mongol Empire and the first Emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China from 1260 to 1294.
A grandson of Genghis Khan and brother to Ariq Boke, Möngke Khan, and Hülegü Khan, Kublai is the second most well-known of the Mongolian rulers. His empire stretched even further than that of Genghis Khan did, [citation needed] and he was the first Mongol to rule over the entirety of China.
Biography
Fighting for the throne
On 11 August 1259, directly following the murder of his brother Möngke by the Assassin Zhang Zhi, Kublai's nephew, Asutai, remarked that there would soon be a power struggle for the throne and that the claimant Ariq Boke would be challenged by Kublai with support from his other brother Hülegü.[1]
Meeting the Polos
In May 1275, Kublai Khan welcomed the Polo brothers and Niccolò Polo's son Marco into his court, not knowing that the famed explorers were in fact Assassins. The Polos' alliance with the Khan and Marco's seventeen years of service gave the latter the opportunity to break into Kublai's vault in Shangdu and steal back Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's Codex,[2][3] which had been taken by the Mongols from the two elder Polos nearly two decades earlier.[4]
Gallery
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Kublai Khan in Mongol armor -
Kublai leading his men in battle
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed II (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Initiates (mentioned in Database entry only)
- Assassin's Creed: Memories (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Tomb of the Khan (mentioned only)
References