Mongol princess, called Cocachin in some versions of Marco Polo’s account, whose marriage escort provided the Polos’ passage from Yuan China toward the Ilkhanate.
Marco Polo travelled with his father Niccolò and uncle Maffeo from Venice through the eastern Mediterranean, Iran, Central Asia, and the Mongol-ruled Silk Road networks to Kublai Khan’s court. Years later, the Polos accompanied Kököchin’s maritime escort from China toward Persia and continued home to Venice.
Sources and further reading
Polo, Marco, Encyclopaedia Iranica. Scholarly biography, textual history, Iranian itinerary, Kököchin mission, departure from Quanzhou, and return through the Persian Gulf and Tabriz.
Polo, Marco, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Treccani. Detailed critical biography supporting the maritime return through Champa, Malacca, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, India, Hormuz, Trebizond, and Constantinople.