Young Kublai Khan, ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ 忽必烈

A younger version of Kublai Khan in his youth. Partially based on the portrait of young Kublai by Anige, a Nepali artist in Kublai's court. He wears an silk robe with narrow sleeves which also served well as a riding coat. For his hat he wears a traditional Jonon hat of the Mongolian nobles.

An erudite prince, young Kublai was probably one of the most educated princes in the world during his era with tutors from China and Central Asia. He would help expanding the Mongol Dominion into southern China through the kingdom of Dali in Yunnan, which later culminated in the subjugation of the whole of Song China.

By the time Kublai seized total power in the East Asian domains, the greater Mongol Empire was beginning to fracture along the lines of its imperial princes. Though eventually he was able to secure his position as the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire- largely owning to his control of the ancestral Mongol heartlands, in truth it was largely a nominal title. For during this era various Mongol Princes (and their respective hordes) had all became local rulers that adhered to their respective cultural domains. For Kublai, his lineage would rule China as its emperors for the rest of the Yuan dynasty.