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In 1253, Kublai was ordered to attack [[Yunnan]], and he destroyed the [[Kingdom of Dali]]. In 1258, Möngke put Kublai in command of the Eastern Army and summoned him to assist with attacks on [[Sichuan]] and, again, Yunnan. Before Kublai could arrive in 1259, word reached him that Möngke had died. Kublai continued to attack [[Wuhan]], but soon received news that his younger brother Arik Boke had held a [[kurultai]] at the Mongolian imperial capital of Karakorum and was pronounced Great Khan. Most of Genghis Khan's descendants favored Arik Boke as [[Great Khan]]; however, his two brothers Kublai and Hulegu were in opposition.
Kublai quickly reached a peace agreement with [[Song]] troops and returned north to the Mongolian plains, in order to oppose Arik Boke's claim to the title of Great Khan.
Upon returning to his own territories, Kublai summoned a kurultai of his own, and was proclaimed Great Khan. Only a small number of the royal family supported Kublai's claims to the title, however the small number of attendees still proclaimed him Great Khan.
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