RRR:
2681
YEAR:
1248
text:
May. Eljigidei (Erchalchai) representative (noyan) of the Mongol khan (Güyüg Khan) writes (in Persian) to Louis IX. After a fulsome (and Christian) opening, he states that he wants Louis to be victorious, that he wants Christians to be liberated and churches rebuilt, and that there shall be equality between all Christians as in his own realm.
Sources:
The letter was delivered to Louis on 19 December 1248 at Nicosia by envoys named Sabeldin Mousfat David and Markus. Spicilegium, ed. D’Achery, 3:625-26; RRH 1167. English translation in Jackson, The Seventh Crusade, pp. 76-77
