When did Mongol forces capture the Song capital of Lin’an?

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Kublai Khan Kublai Khan; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.

Mongol forces captured the Song capital of Lin’an in February 1276.1

After reaching the city in January 1276, the Mongols successfully took the capital following the failure of final peace negotiations by the Song court. The reigning empress dowager and the young emperor were subsequently taken to Dadu to meet Kublai Khan.1