Kublai

Kublai Khan
5th Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Nominally due to the empire's division) 1st Emperor of the Yuan dynasty Emperor of China
Portrait of Kublai Khan drawn shortly after his death on February 18, 1294. The painting depicts Kublai prior to the onset of obesity from heavy eating and drinking. Kublai's white robes reflect his desired symbolic role as a religious Mongol shaman. Now Located in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; colors and ink on silk, 59.4 by 47 cm.
Reign	5 May 1260 – 18 February 1294
Coronation	5 May 1260
Predecessor	Möngke Khan
Successor	Temür Khan
Born	23 September 1215
Died	18 February 1294 (aged 78) Dadu (Khanbaliq)
Burial	Burkhan Khaldun, Khentii Province
Consort	Tegulen Khatun Qoruqchin Khatun Chabi Khatun Dorbajin Khatun Hushijin Khatun Bayujin Khatun Nambui Khatun
Full name Mongolian: ᠬᠦᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ Chinese: 忽必烈 Kublai Setsen Khan Era dates 中統 (Zhōngtǒng) 1260–1264 至元 (Zhìyuán) 1264–1294 Posthumous name 聖德神功文武皇帝 (Emperor Shèngdé Shéngōng Wénwǔ) Temple name 世祖 (Shìzǔ)
House	Borjigin
Dynasty	Yuan
Father	Tolui
Mother	Sorghaghtani Beki
Religion	Tibetan Buddhism

Kublai Khan (/ˈkuːblaɪ ˈkɑːn/;Mongolian: Хубилай хаан, Xubilaĭ xaan; Middle Mongol: Qubilai Qaγan, "Khagan Qubilai"; September 23, 1215 – February 18, 1294), born Kublai (Mongolian: Хубилай, Xubilaĭ; Middle Mongol: Qubilai; also spelled Khubilai) and also known by the temple name Shizu (Emperor Shizu of Yuan; Chinese: 元世祖; pinyin: Yuán Shìzǔ; Wade–Giles: Yüan Shih-tsu), was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire (Ikh Mongol Uls), reigning from 1260 to 1294 (although due to the division of the empire this was a nominal position). He also founded the Yuan dynasty in China as a conquest dynasty in 1271, and ruled as the first Yuan emperor until his death in 1294.

Kublai was the fourth son of Tolui (his second son with Sorghaghtani Beki) and a grandson of Genghis Khan. He succeeded his older brother Möngke as Khagan in 1260, but had to defeat his younger brother Ariq Böke in the Toluid Civil War lasting until 1264. This episode marked the beginning of disunity in the empire. Kublai's real power was limited to China and Mongolia, though as Khagan he still had influence in the Ilkhanate and, to a significantly lesser degree, in the Golden Horde. If one counts the Mongol Empire at that time as a whole, his realm reached from the Pacific Ocean to the Black Sea, from Siberia to what is now Afghanistan – one fifth of the world's inhabited land area.