拜占庭-蒙古联盟
拜占庭-蒙古联盟[2]是13世纪末14世纪初拜占庭帝国和蒙古帝国(以及伊儿汗国)间的同盟。金帐汗国经常和伊儿汗国彼此互相争战，而拜占庭则努力维持自身与金帐汗国和伊儿汗国的关系。双方经常交换礼物、进行军事合作、联姻。双方的联盟在14世纪中伊儿汗国分裂灭亡结束。
米海尔八世时期（1263–1282年）
拜占庭皇帝米海尔八世在重建拜占庭帝国后，与伊儿汗国缔结联盟。[3]伊儿汗国的蒙古人对于基督宗教拥有高度的认可，其中有些蒙古人还是聂斯脱里派基督徒。
出处
- ^ Shepherd, William R. Historical Atlas, 1911.
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- Sicker, p. 132.
- Dagron et al., p. 309. "…agreed to prolong the Byzantine-Mongol (Iranian) alliance."
- Jackson, pp. 202–203. "From 1273 Michael allied with Noghai, giving him an illegitimate daughter in marriage and using him as a means to put pressure on Bulgaria."
- ^ Richard, p. 453. "The sustained attacks by the Sultan Baibars (…) rallied the Occidentals to this alliance [with the Mongols], to which the Mongols also convinced the Byzantines to adhere."