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EarlierNasir Al Din Al Tusi At Maragha Observatory1259 CE
LaterKublai Khan Proclaims The Yuan Dynasty1271 CE
Kublai Khans Paper Money Circulates
1260 CE

Kublai Khan (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder and first emperor of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China. He proclaimed the dynastic name "Great Yuan" in 1271, and ruled Yuan China until his death in 1294. Kublai was the second son of Tolui by his chief wife Sorghaghtani Beki, and a grandson of Genghis Khan.

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