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How an English exile ended up at the court of Genghis Khan's grandson

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Tags: ogedei khan, batu khan, mongol empire, england, exiles, 13th century, author.nicholas morton, source.smithsonian
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-an-english-exile-ended-up-at-the-court-of-genghis-khans-grandson-180982598/

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Authors
Nicholas Morton
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2220 words

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  1. Decoy321
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    Interesting read, thanks for sharing it! I thought this was going to be yet another story about Marco Polo, but this is an entirely different guy with his own crazy tale.

    Interesting read, thanks for sharing it! I thought this was going to be yet another story about Marco Polo, but this is an entirely different guy with his own crazy tale.

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  2. Fal
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    After leaving his home country in the early 13th century, the Englishman traveled to the Crusader states and served as an envoy of the Mongol Empire.

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