Yuan–Ilkhanate Silk Road Diplomacy

Timeline

1. 1290Yuan Dadu · YuanAfter Ilkhan Ghazan acceded in 1295, the Yuan court sent envoys with congratulations, reaffirming the alliance between the two khanates dating from the Kublai–Hulegu era (the ruler around 1290 was Arghun). Envoys carried edicts and gifts westward overland toward the Ilkhanate capital.
2. 1290Silk Road (Central Asia–West Asia section) · PersiaYuan and Ilkhanate envoys traveled back and forth along the Silk Road, coordinating strategy toward the western khanates and promoting exchange of silk, porcelain, spices, and religious and cultural personnel. Diplomacy was frequent around 1290, an important expression of the pan-Eurasian Mongol world-political network.