Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan (/ˈkbl ˈkɑːn/;Mongolian: Хубилай хаан, Xubilaĭ xaan; Middle Mongolian: Qubilai Qaγan, "King Qubilai"; September 23, 1215 – February 18, 1294), born Kublai (Mongolian: Хубилай, Xubilaĭ; Middle Mongolian: Qubilai; also spelled Khubilai) and also known by the temple name Shizu (Emperor Shizu of Yuan; Chinese: 元世祖; pinyin: Yuán Shìzǔ; Wade–Giles: Yüan Shih-tsu), was the fifth Khagan (Great Khan) of the Mongol Empire (Ikh Mongol Uls), reigning from 1260 to 1294, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire. He also founded the Yuan dynasty in China as a conquest dynasty in 1271, and ruled as the first Yuan emperor until his death in 1294.

Kublai was the fourth son of Tolui (his second son with Sorghaghtani Beki) and a grandson of Genghis Khan. He succeeded his older brother Möngke as Khagan in 1260, but had to defeat his younger brother Ariq Böke in the Toluid Civil War lasting until 1264. This episode marked the beginning of disunity in the empire. Kublai's real power was limited to China and Mongolia, though as Khagan he still had influence in the Ilkhanate and, to a significant lesser degree, in the Golden Horde. If one counts the Mongol Empire at that time as a whole, his realm reached from the Pacific to the Black Sea, from Siberia to modern day Afghanistan – one fifth of the world's inhabited land area.

Kubla Khan

"Kubla Khan; or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" /ˌkʊblə ˈkɑːn/ is a poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, completed in 1797 and published in 1816. According to Coleridge's Preface to "Kubla Khan", the poem was composed one night after he experienced an opium-influenced dream after reading a work describing Xanadu, the summer palace of the Mongol ruler and Emperor of China Kublai Khan. Upon waking, he set about writing lines of poetry that came to him from the dream until he was interrupted by a person from Porlock. The poem could not be completed according to its original 200–300 line plan as the interruption caused him to forget the lines. He left it unpublished and kept it for private readings for his friends until 1816 when, at the prompting of Lord Byron, it was published.

Some of Coleridge's contemporaries denounced the poem and questioned his story of its origin. It was not until years later that critics began to openly admire the poem. Most modern critics now view "Kubla Khan" as one of Coleridge's three great poems, along with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel. The poem is considered one of the most famous examples of Romanticism in English poetry. A copy of the manuscript is a permanent exhibit at the British Museum in London.

Kublai Khan (disambiguation)

Kublai Khan was a grandson of Genghis Khan, Khagan of the Mongol Empire and founder of Yuan Dynasty

Kublai Khan may also refer to:

  • "Kublai Khan" (song), a 2003 hip hop song
  • See also

  • "Kubla Khan", a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • Kublai Khan (Jedi Mind Tricks song)

    "Kublai Khan" is a single by Hip Hop duo Jedi Mind Tricks, released in 2003 through Babygrande Records . The song was the second single released from the duo's third album Visions of Gandhi, following "Animal Rap", and followed by "Rise of the Machines". "Kublai Khan" is a sequel to the group's 2000 single "Genghis Khan", this time, named after Genghis' grandson Kublai Khan. The song, like "Genghis Khan", features an intense symphonic sample, courtesy of group producer Stoupe the Enemy of Mankind. New York rapper Tragedy Khadafi, who appeared on "Genghis", also appears on the track. Former JMT member Jus Allah, who split from the group in 2001, is replaced by Goretex, of the group Non Phixion.

    Track listing

    A-Side

  • "Kublai Khan" (Dirty Version) (feat. Goretex and Tragedy Khadafi)
  • B-Side

  • "Kublai Khan" (Radio Version) (feat. Goretex and Tragedy Khadafi)
  • "Kublai Khan" (Instrumental)
  • Song order

  • First verse: Vinnie Paz
  • Second verse: Goretex
  • Third verse: Tragedy Khadafi
  • Podcasts:

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    Kublai Khan

    by: Jedi Mind Tricks

    [Vinnie Paz]
    God hates me, never keep my banger on safety
    My mother raised me alone, you can't break me
    My hearts pumpin the blood of Royce Gracie
    My thoughts dumpin the slug and point straightly
    You rhyme fakely, you still scarred
    I'm steady in deep thoughts like Bill Maher
    I'm real raw, we just dumbin it out
    And y'all ain't sayin nothin with a gun in yo mouth
    Thats what I'm about, but Vinnie Paz go deeper
    Y'all still under the spell of dose ether
    The Grim Reaper, its all nature
    And every word from Allah is on paper
    We all hate ya, we can't stand you
    Chapter 8, verse 3, book of Daniel
    You like a candle, you just burn
    You never worship Allah, you can't learn
    [Chorus Stoupe]
    [Goretex]
    Chemicle, space ships, see dust splits, hit from the Matrix
    Pig Destroyer, Anakis kiss, splatter your patriots
    Make coke stops, injectin my pockets with botox
    Laytex bitches be chokin on cock like Blow-Pops
    My flows hot, my glocks like a popular friend
    Sniffin Oxycontin, we ride till the popular says
    Merciful fate, we at the gates, I hurt you for cake
    Cause Red Planets like a Shit Magnet, it counters with Jay
    Digital cuffs, runnin from the D's and the fuzz
    Gut you out, rock Gas Mask, bleedin an stuff
    Into the void like blue velvet, goons and clerics
    New syntetic designer jewels for moods in deserts
    In heaven and earth, barcodes to measure my girth
    Thats like the J.D.L. joinin the zulu nation for turf
    Birth of the solar, we did so, write for the cobra
    God teks me, and we all stand with iced out clothes
    [Chorus Stoupe]
    [Tragedy Khadafi]
    Check it. yo. yo
    Now where it be's like, niggaz wanna stay tight, I stay right
    Face fight, get your weak, split, shit then I spit
    Most Accurate, Flex writin back a bit
    range on the side of it Yo I'm tryin to get a lot of it
    I rock that exotic shit, spit the hottest shit
    Yo trial, might get the same time ya oughta get
    Death before dishonor shit, gangster persona shit
    Jedi Mind, 2-5 is who I'm probably with
    When Im tryin to score the third, its who I holler with
    Yo hood, its my project, exchange objects
    Yo guns for my teks, yo range for my lex
    Q.B. to Philly, we control sets
    I stay splurgin, heads stay wrapped in Turbans
    Tighter than a Virgin of Ford Excursion, nigga
    So how you figure that we don't be reppin
    Hoes sell weapons in the Dodge Intreped, nigga
    [Chorus Stoupe]
    [Tragedy Khadafi]
    Yo Stoupe, whattup baby, whats good




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