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Kublai Khan

Kub·lai Khan /ˌkuːblə ˈkɑːn, -blaɪ-/  (1216–94) a Mongol emperor of China from 1259 until his death, whose grandfather was Genghis khan. He moved the capital of China to Peking. There is a famous English poem about him called Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
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Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan /ˌkuːblə ˈkɑːn, -blaɪ-/
(1216–94) a Mongol emperor of China from 1259 until his death, whose grandfather was Genghis khan. He moved the capital of China to Peking. There is a famous English poem about him called Kubla Khan, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.