RRR:
2800
YEAR:
1250
text:
*n.d. (1250). Le grant roy de Tartarins (king of the Mongols, in fact Oghul Qaimish, the widow of the Khan Güyüg) writes to Louis IX to say that Prester John (Prestre Jehan) and all who had opposed him had been killed and if he wants peace he must submit to tribute; otherwise he will come and destroy him.
Sources:
Joinville, §§491-92, p. 242; RRH 1195
Comments:
Note: Andrew of Longjumeau, whom Louis had sent to the khan in January 1249, returned with this letter and reached the king when he was re-fortifying Caesarea. April-May 1251
