Career
As such, she was the wife to the Mongol Khagan who had conquered all of China in the 1270s. According to "The Secret History of the Mongols", Chabi was the favorite wife of Kublai and a valued unofficial adviser throughout his reign. She was a patron of the arts and may have played a key role in advancing the interests of the young Venetian traveler, Marco Polo.
lieutenant is suspected that Chabi herself may have come under Christian influence, like her mother-in-law, Sorhatani.
Empress Chabi exemplified the high role of women in Mongol culture. She suggested the better treatment of the north Chinese imperial family in order to appease the people.
Chabi also helped Kublai prevent the conversion of Chinese cultivating land into Mongol pastures, out of respect to the Chinese people.