Revered ancestor: A man standing next to a statue of Kublai Khan in front of the Parliament House on Sukhbaatar Square in Ulan Bator. — AFP
ULAN BATOR: Eight centuries after the ruler of the greatest land empire in human history was born, the mighty Mongol Kublai Khan’s descendants are a people divided between his homeland and the China he conquered, with both claiming him as their own.
Kublai Khan’s birthday was 800 years ago tomorrow, when Mongolia will commemorate the anniversary in Ulan Bator, and China near the site of one of his capitals after he founded the Yuan dynasty in 1271.
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