Bolad | |
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Great Khan's representative in Ilkhanate | |
In office 1285–1313 | |
Appointed by | Kublai Khan |
Censor of the Censorate | |
In office 1275–1277 | |
Succeeded by | Öz Temür (玉昔帖木儿 ) |
Grand Supervisor of Agriculture | |
In office 1272–1285 | |
Preceded by | Zhang Wenqian (张文谦 ) |
Vice Military Affairs Commissioner | |
In office c. 1277 - 1285 | |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1240 Mongolia |
Died | April 26, 1313 Arran, Ilkhanate | (aged 72–73)
Bolad (Mongolian: Болад чинсан, Болад ага, Болд, Persian: پولاد, romanized: Pulâd, Chinese: 孛羅; pinyin: Bóluó; Wade–Giles: Po-lo, d.1313), was an ethnic Mongol minister of the Yuan dynasty of China, and later served in the Ilkhanate as the representative of the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire and cultural adviser to the Ilkhans.[1] He also provided valuable information to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani to write about the Mongols. Mongolists consider him a cultural bridge between East and West. He was ennobled by Emperor Renzong of Yuan as Duke of Ze (澤國公) in 1311 and Prince of Yongfeng (永豐郡王) in 1313, posthumously.[2]