13th-century Buddhists

Western Asian Mongol ruler (c. 1217–1265)

was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk, writer, poet, philosopher, and founder of the Sōtō school of Zen in Japan. He is also known as Dōgen Kigen (), Eihei Dōgen (), Kōso Jōyō Daishi (), and Busshō Dentō Kokushi ().

was a Japanese Buddhist monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period. His teachings form the basis of Nichiren Buddhism, a unique branch of Japanese Mahayana Buddhism based on the Lotus Sutra.

the second Ilkhan of Mongol Ilkhanate (1265–1282)

Cambodian king, considered by historians to be the most powerful Khmer monarch of all time

Kuchlug (also spelled Küchlüg, Küçlüg, Güčülüg, Quqluq) (; ; d. 1218) was a member of the Naiman tribe who became the last emperor of the Western Liao dynasty (Qara Khitai). The Naimans were defeated by Genghis Khan and he fled westward to the Western Liao, where he became an advisor to his future father-in-law Yelü Zhilugu. He later rebelled, usurped the throne and took control of the empire, putting an end to the rule of the House of Yelü. He was killed in 1218 by the Mongols and the domain of the Western Liao was absorbed into the Mongol Empire.

was a key Japanese Buddhist figure of the Kamakura Period who is regarded as the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū school of Japanese Buddhism. A pupil of Hōnen, the founder of the Japanese Pure Land movement, Shinran articulated a distinctive Pure Land vision that emphasized faith and absolute reliance on Amida Buddha’s other-power.

was a Japanese poet, historian, and Buddhist monk.

Chabi (, ; , 1216–1281) was a Khongirad empress consort of the Yuan dynasty, married to Kublai Khan.

1234/9–1289 was a Japanese Buddhist itinerant preacher (hijiri) whose movement, the became one of the major currents of medieval Japanese Pure Land Buddhism.

Darmabala, also rendered as Dharmapala (; , ; ) was an imperial prince of the Yuan dynasty. He was a grandson of Kublai Khan and son of his Crown Prince Zhenjin. He was an ancestor of subsequent Yuan monarchs who came after Temür Khan (Emperor Chengzong) and Goryeo kings after King Gongmin.

'''Enni Ben'en (圓爾辯圓; 1 November 1202 – 10 November 1280) or simply Enni, also known as Shōichi Kokushi''', was a Japanese Buddhist monk. He started his Buddhist training as a Tendai monk. While he was studying with Eisai, a vision of Sugawara no Michizane appeared to him in a dream and told him to go to China and study meditation. Following this vision, he met the Rinzai teacher Wuzhun Shifan in China, and studied Mahayana with him. When he returned to Japan, after founding Jōten-ji temple in Hakata (Fukuoka), he founded Tōfuku-ji monastery in Kyoto, and practiced Zen as well as other types o

Qutlugh-Khanid dynasty ruler of Kirman (1256-1295) (r.1292-1295)

Empress consort of Emperor Go-Horikawa

Empress consort of Japan

was a Japanese Shingon Risshu priest during the Kamakura period. His was instrumental in reviving Ritsu Buddhism during this period, as well as establishing facilities to care for invalids. He was criticized by his contemporary Nichiren.

was a Japanese poet and Buddhist monk of the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.