Latin letter of Abaqa to Pope Nicholas III

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• Date	15th day of the first winter month of the year of the Hare — according to Tanase, probably November 1279 (place: “Sarah”, possibly = Aras)
  Ilkhan	Abaqa
  Addressee	the pope (Nicholas III?)
  Type	letter
  Script and language	Latin translation only (Littera tartarorum missa ad papam)
  Material	entry on the last leaf of a manuscript
  Kept	Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Barb. lat. 524, fol. 130r
  Discovery and first edition	first published by T. Tanase 2008

  Contents

  """By the power of the immortal God and the grace of the khan, Abagua."" Abaqa answers the Pope regarding embassies (a John ""archium"", envoys of the King of France) and the prelates who came to him; Tanase links it to Gerard of Prato's mission and to the Vatican safe-conduct (abaga_1267) dated one day later."

  Literature (1)

  • Tanase T. (2008). Une lettre en latin inédite de l'ilkhan Abaqa au pape Nicolas III: croisade ou mission? Oriente Moderno 88:2 (2008), 333–347, Roma PDF · 1.3 MB

  Source of the data: Tanase 2008: 333–347 (esp. 334, 345)

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