2990

RRR: 
2990
YEAR: 
1254
text: 
. After May 31. Möngke (Mangu Chan) sends a letter to King Louis IX, saying that as there is one God in the heaven, there is thus only one ruler on earth: Genghis Khan (Chingis Chan). He demands obedience from Louis and all other European rulers. The envoy David who came to Louis was an imposter. Louis sent him and his own envoys to Güyüg (Keu Chan), but they arrived after his death and his widow, Oghul Qaimish (Camus), responded inappropriately. The two monks (William of Rubruck and his companion) Louis sent to Sartaq were sent on to Batu and he sent them to Mangu Chan. Mangu Chan is giving them the letter for Louis.
Sources: 
Rubruk, Viaggio in Mongolia, pp. 274-78; RRH 1215. English translation in The Mission of Friar William of Rubruck, ed. Jackson and Morgan, pp. 248-50
Comments: 
Note: The reference to David is to Eljigidei’s embassy to Louis who encountered the king in Cyprus at the end of 1248.

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