| Date | 701 AH, year of the Tiger, 14th day of the last spring month = 18 April 1302, Qos Qabuγ |
|---|---|
| Ilkhan | Ghazan (Γazan) |
| Addressee | Pope Boniface VIII |
| Type | letter |
| Script and language | Uyghur script, Mongolian; two red seals with a Chinese legend; on the verso a countersignature (üǰig) and a small black seal |
| Material | paper (flax), 88.1 × 42 cm; seals 9.5 × 9 and 9.5 × 9.4 cm, small seal on the verso 3.2 × 3.4 cm |
| Kept | Vatican, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, A.A. Arm. I–XVIII, no. 1801 (2) (= 1801 A) |
| Discovery and first edition | found by Cardinal E. Tisserant in 1921; edition: Mostaert & Cleaves 1952 (doc. C) |
| Text | transcription and translation in the corpus mongoliancorpus.org |
Contents
Ghazan acknowledges the Pope's message brought by Buscarello and says he has already replied through his son-in-law Kökedei, Buscarello and Tümen; he is preparing for war and asks the Pope to equip his troops, notify the rulers and not miss the agreed date. The letter is carried by Sadadin, Sinanadin and Samsadin.
Facsimiles
Literature (5)
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- Mostaert A., Cleaves F.W. (1952). Trois documents mongols des Archives secrètes vaticanes. PDF · 4.8 MB
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Source of the data: Mostaert & Cleaves 1952: 420–424, 467–495, pl. III, IV, VII A; Ligeti 1972: 250–251; Cleaves 1951 (verso, pl. II)