Yelü Chucai
1189–1243
Khitan astronomer, adviser to Genghis Khan ; chancellor to Ögedei Khan (1189-1243)
writer · poet · politician
Born in Zhongdu
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Yelü Chucai:
- Genghis Khan (1162–1227)
- Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
- Rumi (1207–1273)
- Francis of Assisi (1182–1226)
- Fibonacci (1170–1240)
- Saadi (1210–1292)
- Moshe ben Maimon (1138–1204)
- Kublai Khan (1215–1294)
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