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Yuan Reception of Foreign Envoys
In the 1270s Dadu under Kublai Khan hosted envoys from khanates, East Asia and Europe, showcasing Yuan diplomacy coordinating khanates and neighbors …
Timeline
- 1270–1279Dadu imperial palace · DaduThe Ilkhanate, Golden Horde and other Mongol khanates regularly sent envoys to pay respects to the great khagan and coordinate military and trade affairs; Kublai, as overlord, bestowed banquets and tokens, maintaining nominal common overlordship after the empire's division.
- 1270–1279Dadu · Yuan dynastyEnvoys from vassals and neighbors such as Goryeo, Annam, Champa and Burma successively arrived at the capital, presenting elephants, rare medicines and local products; the Yuan responded through the Pacification Commission and provincial system with investiture and trade privileges, consolidating the tributary network.
- 1271–1279Dadu · DaduEuropean visitors such as the Polo family arrived at court by land routes; Kublai received envoys of Nestorian Christianity, Catholicism and other faiths with tolerance, showing the Yuan's openness as a Eurasian hub.
Sources
- Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times — Morris Rossabi (1988)
- The Cambridge History of China, Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368 (1994)