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In Ilkhanate Persia, Ghazan converted to Islam and recognized Kublai Khan as his suzerain. Kublai Khan dispatched his grandson Gammala to Burkhan Khaldun in 1291 to ensure his claim to Ikh Khorig, where Genghis was buried, a sacred place strongly protected by the Kublaids. Bayan was in control of Karakorum and was re-establishing control over ...
The book is framed as a conversation between the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan, and Marco Polo.The majority of the book consists of brief prose poems describing 55 fictitious cities that are narrated by Polo, many of which can be read as commentary on culture, language, time, memory, death, or human experience generally.
Lorenzo Richelmy as Marco Polo, the son of a Venetian merchant who travels to China and is ultimately left there as a guest of Kublai Khan, rising to official position in the court. [4] Benedict Wong as Kublai Khan, the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. [4] Wong also stars in the Christmas special "One Hundred Eyes".
Claudia is a 1943 American comedy-drama film directed by Edmund Goulding, and written by Morrie Ryskind.The film stars Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Ina Claire, Reginald Gardiner, Olga Baclanova, and Jean Howard.
Anthony Quinn as Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor of China; Omar Sharif as Sheik Alla Hou, 'The Desert Wind' Orson Welles as Akerman, Marco's tutor; Akim Tamiroff as the Old Man of the Mountain; Elsa Martinelli as the woman with the whip; Robert Hossein as Prince Nayam, a Mongol rebel leader; Grégoire Aslan as Achmed Abdullah; Massimo Girotti as ...
Marco Polo is a 2007 American made-for-television historical adventure film directed by Kevin Connor, starring Ian Somerhalder, BD Wong and Brian Dennehy.In the 13th century, imprisoned in Genoa, Marco Polo, a Venetian trader, recounts his days as a young man in China to a fellow prisoner who is dying.
The series, spanning over 70 years, romanticises the life of Kublai Khan and the events leading to the establishment of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty in China. Kublai was born in 1215 as a son of Tolui, the fourth son of Genghis Khan. At the time, Töregene, the wife of Ögedei (Genghis Khan's third son), sees Tolui as a potential threat to her ...
Shortly after escaping from the dark planet, Riddick, Jack, and the Imam are picked up by Kublai Khan, a private mercenary vessel.Although Riddick attempts to conceal his identity from the mercenaries by impersonating his former captor William J. Johns over the ship's radio, they quickly voice-print and identify him.