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Dadu (Khanbaliq)

Type Object Region Asia Time 1267–1368

Dadu was the Yuan capital built by Kublai Khan from 1267, called Dadu in Chinese and Khanbaliq ('City of the Khan') in Mongolian;…

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  1. 1267–1294Dadu (Khanbaliq) · North ChinaKublai Khan built a new capital northeast of Jin Zhongdu, with Liu Bingzhong and others directing the planning; palaces, the imperial city, and wards were completed successively, and after the dynastic name Great Yuan was fixed in 1271 it became the imperial capital.
  2. 1321–1330Dadu (Khanbaliq) · North ChinaDuring this period, successions including Emperor Yingzong, Emperor Taiding, and Emperor Wenzong occurred; Dadu remained the Yuan administrative and relay station hub, with the court and officials of many ethnicities gathering there, and the city maintained its imperial capital scale and commercial functions.
  3. 1330–1368Dadu (Khanbaliq) · North ChinaLate-Yuan popular uprisings and court factional struggles weakened rule; in 1368 the Ming general Xu Da captured Dadu, Emperor Shun of Yuan moved north to Shangdu, and the history of Khanbaliq as the Yuan capital ended.

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