Ku·blai Khan 
(k′blī kän) also Ku·bla Khan (-blə) 1215-1294.
(k′blī kän) also Ku·bla Khan (-blə) 1215-1294. Mongol emperor (1260-1294) and founder of the Mongol dynasty in China. A grandson of Genghis Khan, he conquered the Song dynasty (1279) and established a great capital, now Beijing, where he received Marco Polo (1275-1292).
Kublai Khanposthumous portrait painted
on silk by Anige
(1244-1306), a member
of Kublai Khan's court