the ledger of connections
The Connections of Kublai Khan
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294) Every person recorded alongside Kublai Khan in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Kublai Khan in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Sorghaghtani Beki, Tolui
- Spouses
- Tëgülun, Chabi, Nambui, Talahai khatun, Nuhan, Bayaujin Khatun
- Children
- Dorji Khan, Chinkim, Mangala, Nomugan, Khökhechi, Ayachi, Kuokuochu, Togoon, Hutulu Temür, Tamachi, Princess Jeguk, Yuelie
- Siblings
- Dumugan, Yesubuhua, Möngke Khan, Hulegu Khan, Xuebietai, Suigedu, Moge, Bochuo, Qutuqtu, Ariq Böke
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1215 to 1294.

Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today

Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)

Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)

Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)

Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216

Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history

Medieval era
Mansa Musa
1280 – 1337
14th-century emperor (mansa) of the Mali Empire

Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)

Medieval era
Robert the Bruce
July 11, 1274 – June 7, 1329
King of Scotland (1306–1329)

Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307

Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)

Medieval era
Dante Alighieri
May 30, 1265 – September 13, 1321
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)