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There has been much discussion among historians as to why the Franco-Mongol alliance never became a reality and why, despite all the diplomatic contacts, it stayed a chimera or fantasy. [3] [8] Many reasons have been proposed: one was that the Mongols at that stage in their empire were not entirely focused on expanding to the West. By the late ...
Mongol ambassadors to the Khwarezmian Empire Otrar/Urgench: Khwarezmian Empire: 1218: A Mongolian trade caravan including ambassadors was massacred by Inalchuq. Later on, a Muslim ambassador was beheaded on orders of Sultan Muhammad II: Ambassadors of Hulagu Khan: Mongol ambassadors to the Ayyubid and Mamluk Sultanate Mayyafariqin: Ayyubid ...
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I am nominating this article for A-Class review because I would eventually like to re-nominate the article for FA status. The Franco-Mongol alliance article has a long and complex history, having been the subject of two arbitration cases and various related amendments and other motions over the last few years, but it appears to be stable now.
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A form of Franco-Mongol alliance existed from 1258-1269 between the Frankish Principality of Antioch and the Mongol Empire. A Franco-Mongol alliance, or at least what most historians refer to as attempts towards such an alliance, was the object of diplomatic endeavors between the Franks and the Mongols, starting around the time of the Seventh ...
Rabban ("monk" in Syriac) Bar Ṣawma was born c. 1220 in or near modern-day Beijing, known then as Zhongdu, [4] later as Khanbaliq under Mongol rule. According to Bar Hebraeus he was of Uyghur origin. [5] Chinese accounts describe his heritage as Öngüd, a Turkic people classified as members of the "Mongol" caste under Yuan law. [6]