The Edict of Khubilai Khan I (1277/1289)

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• Number in Tumurtogoo 2010	2
  Date	Year of the Ox: 1277 or 1289 (first spring month, 25th day; Dadu)
  Issued by	Qubilai Qaγan
  Addressee	monks of the Shibi si temple in Taiyuan fu
  Type	edict
  Script and language	'Phags-pa, Mongolian; with a Chinese text (Ligeti 1972: inscription sino-mongole)
  Material	stone inscription (stele)
  Discovery and first edition	T'ai-yüan (Franke 1966: 'Inschrift aus T'ai-yüan'); first publications: Ozawa 1962, Franke 1966
  Text	transcription and translation in the corpus mongoliancorpus.org

  Contents

  Edict of Qubilai confirming, in accordance with earlier edicts, the exemption of the monks of the Shibi si temple in Taiyuan fu from taxes and corvées; envoys are forbidden to lodge in the temple or to seize its property. Issued in the Year of the Ox at Dadu.

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  Literature (11)

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  Source of the data: Tumurtogoo 2010: 11–13, plate p. 230; Janchiv 2002: no. II; Rybatzki 2006: xxi (1289); Ligeti 1972 (after Tumurtogoo: “Edit de Koubilai… (1289)”)

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