Letter of Arghun to Pope Honorius IV (Latin)

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• Date	18 May 1285, Tabriz
  Ilkhan	Arγun
  Addressee	Pope Honorius IV (with mention of the King of France and Charles of Anjou)
  Type	letter
  Script and language	preserved only in a Latin translation
  Material	copy in the papal register
  Kept	Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Reg. Vat. 43, fol. 128r–v
  Discovery and first edition	edition and regest: Lupprian 1981, Nr. 49

  Contents

  Arghun informs the Pope of Chinggis Khan's law exempting Christians from taxes; Qubilai sent gifts with his interpreter Isa, which Arghun forwards by envoys (Bogagoc, Mengilic, Thomas Anfossi, Ugueto). Recalling the protection given to Christians by Hülegü and Abaqa, he proposes a joint encirclement of the Mamluks in Damascus and Egypt and asks for an army.

  Literature (1)

  • Lupprian K.-E. (1981). Die Beziehungen der Päpste zu islamischen und mongolischen Herrschern im 13. Jahrhundert anhand ihres Briefwechsels. Studi e testi, Città del Vaticano PDF · 7.8 MB

  Source of the data: Lupprian 1981: 244–246 (Nr. 49); corpus_metadata (Arg1)

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