1271

1271 is the natural number that comes after 1270 and before 1272. It is a composite number, equal to the product of primes 31 and 41 (31 × 41). In Roman numerals it is MCCLXXI.

1271 CE is a year in the 13th century. In East Asia, Kublai Khan proclaimed the Yuan dynasty, establishing Yuan as the ruling dynasty of China and designating Khanbaliq (near present-day Beijing) as its capital. This marked a formal dynastic framework for Mongol rule in China. In the same year, Venetian merchants connected to the Polo family are traditionally said to have begun their journey to the East, a voyage that would lead to their later accounts of the Mongol Empire and the Yuan court. The Southern Song dynasty remained in southern China, with the Mongol conquest of the north progressing toward eventual completion in 1279. The year sits within the broader context of expanding Eurasian trade networks and Mongol expansion.

As a calendar year and numeric label, 1271 is used in historical records and chronological lists to denote events occurring around that time and, more generally, appears in various catalogs and inscriptions where the number serves as an identifying marker.

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