Bolad

For the name, see Bolad (given name).
Bolad
Great Khan's representative in Ilkhanate
In office
1285–1313
Appointed byKublai Khan
Censor of the Censorate
In office
1275–1277
Succeeded byÖz Temür (玉昔帖木儿 [zh])
Grand Supervisor of Agriculture
In office
1272–1285
Preceded byZhang Wenqian (张文谦 [zh])
Vice Military Affairs Commissioner
In office
c. 1277 - 1285
Personal details
Bornc. 1240
Mongolia
DiedApril 26, 1313(1313-04-26) (aged 72–73)
Arran, Ilkhanate

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]

  1. ^ Amitai-Preiss, Reuven (1996). "Ghazan, Islam and Mongol Tradition: A View from the Mamlūk sultanate". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59 (1). University of London: 1–10. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00028524.
  2. ^ Allsen, Thomas T., ed. (2001), "Rashīd al-Dīn and Pūlād chīnksānk", Culture and Conquest in Mongol Eurasia, Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 72–80, ISBN 978-0-521-80335-9, retrieved 2023-01-14