Ilkhanate Silk Road Tribute Route

Timeline

1. 1331–1335Tabriz · IranUnder Abu Sa'id Khan, the Ilkhanate still maintained envoy exchanges and tribute transfers with the Yuan dynasty via the Silk Road; caravans entered from the direction of Samarkand and Bukhara and were distributed from Tabriz to the trade routes of Anatolia and Syria.
2. 1336–1340Khurasan–Central Asia trade route · KhurasanAfter the Ilkhanate split into multiple rival regimes, the central tribute-route relay stations and escort system collapsed; long-distance caravans instead relied on local powers charging fees for protection, and official tribute envoy traffic between the Yuan dynasty and the Ilkhanate declined markedly.