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. The Mongols, clad in traditional clothes, participated to the Jubilee organized by the Pope, and made a sensation. Ghazan asked Pope to send troops, priests, and peasants, in order to make the

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a Frank state again.Foltz, p.481

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*Schein, Sylvia, ''Gesta Dei per Mongolos 1300'', The English Historical Review, 1979 * Foltz, Richard, ''Religions of the Silk Road'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2nd edition, 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bustari, Guiscard Diplomats from Florence 13th-century people of the Republic of Florence People of the Ilkhanate 13th-century diplomats Year of birth missing Year of death missing