Letter from Güyük Khan to Pope Innocent IV
The letter from Güyük Khan to Pope Innocent IV is a 1246 letter from the third great khan of the Mongol Empire to the pope of the Catholic Church.
The letter was a response to a 1245 letter, Cum non solum, from the pope to the Mongols.
Güyük, who had little understanding of faraway Europe or the pope's significance in it, demanded the pope's submission and a visit from the rulers of the West to pay homage to Mongol power:
