Kublai (Mongolian: ᠬᠤᠪᠢᠯᠠᠢ; Mongolian: Хубилай, romanized: Khubilai ; Chinese: 忽必烈; pinyin: Hūbìliè; Qubilai or Kübilai; 23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his regnal name Setsen Khan (ᠰᠡᠴᠡᠨᠬᠠᠭᠠᠠᠨ; 薛禪汗), was the founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294, although after the division of the empire this was a nominal position. He proclaimed the empire's dynastic name "Great Yuan" in 1271, and ruled Yuan China until his death in 1294. He is also known in historiography as Emperor Shizu of Yuan (Chinese: 元世祖; pinyin: Yuán Shìzǔ) by his temple name Shizu.
