History Of The Tartars (other)
History of the Tartars or ''Historia Tartarorum'' may refer to: *the ''Tartar Relation The ''Tartar Relation'' (Latin: ''Hystoria Tartarorum'', "History of the Tartars") is an ethnographic report on the Mongol Empire composed by a certain C. de Bridia in Latin in 1247. It is one of the most detailed accounts of the history and cus ...'' of C. de Bridia (1247) *the ''Historia Tartarorum'' of Simon of Saint-Quentin (before 1253) *the Tatar sections of the ''Flor des estoires de la terre d'Orient'' of Hayton of Corycus (1307) {{dab ...
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Tartar Relation
The ''Tartar Relation'' (Latin: ''Hystoria Tartarorum'', "History of the Tartars") is an ethnographic report on the Mongol Empire composed by a certain C. de Bridia in Latin in 1247. It is one of the most detailed accounts of the history and customs of the Mongols to appear in Europe around that time. Circumstances of composition The ''Relation'' is one of several reports produced by the Franciscan mission dispatched by Pope Innocent IV to the courts of Batu Khan and Güyük Khan in 1245. This mission was led by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, who was accompanied by Benedict of Poland and the Bohemians Ceslaus and Stephen. During their return journey through Europe, Carpine wrote that they were obliged to hand over drafts of their official report to the curious. The official report by Carpine is known as the '' Ystoria Mongalorum''. In October 1247, Benedict also dictated an account known as the ''De itinere Fratrum Minorum ad Tartaros''. The circumstances of the genesis of the ' ...
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