| Date | 1262 (Maragha; “anno decimo … Nochoe”) |
|---|---|
| Ilkhan | Hülegü |
| Addressee | Louis IX, King of France |
| Type | letter |
| Script and language | preserved only in a Latin translation (the Mongolian original is lost) |
| Material | Latin copy by the scribe Nycolaus dated 26 April 1344, on blank leaves of a 12th-century codex (pp. 339–340) |
| Kept | Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, cod. 339 (formerly the library of the Bishop of Salzburg, no. 295) |
| Discovery and first edition | discovered and published by P. Meyvaert (1980) |
Contents
Invoking the mandate of Heaven and Chinggis Khan, Hülegü informs Louis IX of his victories and proposes an alliance against the Mamluks, promising to hand Jerusalem over to the Christians once it is taken. Connected with Hülegü's embassy of 1262 to the West (Meyvaert 1980; Aigle 2005).
Facsimiles
Literature (2)
- Meyvaert P. (1980). An Unknown Letter of Hulagu, Il-khan of Persia, to King Louis IX of France. PDF · 2.4 MB
- Aigle D. (2005). The Letters of Eljigidei, Hülegü, and Abaqa: Mongol Overtures or Christian Ventriloquism? PDF · 1.9 MB
Source of the data: Meyvaert 1980: 245–246, 248 (date), 259 (Datum in civitate Maraga); Aigle 2005: 149; corpus_metadata (HüLet)