拜占庭-蒙古联盟
拜占庭-蒙古联盟[2]是13世紀末14世紀初拜占庭帝國和蒙古帝國(以及伊兒汗國)間的同盟。金帳汗國經常和伊兒汗國彼此互相爭戰,而拜占庭則努力維持自身與金帳汗國和伊兒汗國的關係。雙方經常交換禮物、進行軍事合作、聯姻。雙方的聯盟在14世紀中伊兒汗國分裂滅亡結束。
米海爾八世時期(1263–1282年)
拜占庭皇帝米海爾八世在重建拜占庭帝國後,與伊兒汗國締結聯盟。[3]伊兒汗國的蒙古人對於基督宗教擁有高度的認可,其中有些蒙古人還是聶斯脫里派基督徒。
出處
- ^ 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."