Ascelin
The Dominican friar Ascelin of Lombardia was sent by Pope Innocent IV as a papal envoy to the Mongol camp at Sisan. He left Lyon in March 1245 and met the Mongol ruler Baiju at his camp in the Arax river valley in 1247. His companion Simon of St Quentin wrote a History of the Mongols describing the Mongol conquest as well as his own observations
eBook, English, [2007]
Adam Matthew Digital, Marlborough, England, [2007]