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Proclamation of the Yuan dynasty

Kublai gave his realm the Chinese dynastic name Da Yuan, “Great Origin”, and became the founder of a new imperial dynasty of China.

Date
1271year known
Place
Beijingtoday: Beijing, China · East Asia
Participants
Kublai Khan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol Empire
Threads
Mongol conquests
Also known as
Основание империи Юань; Да Юань

Kublai was proclaimed great khan in 1260 and defeated his brother Ariq Böke in a civil war. The edict of 1271 naming the state presented Mongol rule as the legitimate continuation of earlier Chinese dynasties. The capital became Dadu (Khanbaliq), built next to the ruins of Zhongdu; by 1279 the Yuan had completed the conquest of the Southern Song.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Yuan dynasty
  2. Wikipedia (English): Kublai Khan
  3. Wikipedia (Russian): Юань (империя)
  4. Wikipedia (Russian): Хубилай
  5. Rossabi M. Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times. — Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.