Capture of Dali
· Dali, Yunnan, China

Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · file During the Mongol campaign in Yunnan, Kublai reached and took the Dali capital; the account says he spared its inhabitants after the killing of Mongol envoys. The article dates Kublai's Yunnan campaign to 1253 but does not provide a more precise capture date.