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William of Rubruck
William of Rubruck was a Flemish Franciscan friar who travelled to the Mongol Empire in 1253–1255 on behalf of King Louis IX of France. He reached the court of the Great Khan Möngke at Karakorum, where he took part in a religious debate, and wrote a detailed report on Mongol society, religion and politics, one of the most valuable medieval European accounts of Central Asia.
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