Kublai Khan
[ koo-blahy kahn ]
/ ˈku blaɪ ˈkɑn /
noun
1216–94,
khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
Example sentences from the Web for kublai khan
I now propose to relate the great and marvellous acts of Kublai-khan, the great emperor of the Tartars.
Kublai-Khan, using a Chinese device, got possession of all the gold and silver and issued paper.
Folkways |William Graham SumnerKublai-khan reigned supreme emperor of the Mongals from 1259 to 1294, in which last year he died at eighty years of age.
British Dictionary definitions for kublai khan
Kublai Khan
/ (ˈkuːblaɪ ˈkɑːn) /
noun
?1216–94, Mongol emperor of China: grandson of Genghis Khan. He completed his grandfather's conquest of China by overthrowing the Sung dynasty (1279) and founded the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368)