Cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 937, Duan Siping ya kifar da Nanzhao kuma ya kafa Daular Dali. Daular Mongol ta mamaye masarautar a 1253 bayan da Sarkin Dali Duan Xingzhi ya koma hannun Mongols. Duans sun shiga cikin mulkin Mongol a matsayin Maharajas na sabuwar lardin. An kashe ɗan sarkin Mongol da aka aiko don gudanar da yankin tare da su. A cikin 1273, Kublai Khan ya sake fasalin lardin kuma ya nada semu Ajall Shams al-Din Omar a matsayin gwamnansa. Lardin Yunnan a lokacin daular Yuan ya hada da manyan sassan Upper Burma bayan mamayewar Mongol na farko na Burma a cikin 1270s da 1280s. Tare da faduwar daular Yuan a shekara ta 1368, daular Ming ta hallaka masu biyayya ga Yuan karkashin jagorancin Basalawarmi da ragowar gidan Duan a cikin
Ming ya ci Yunnan a farkon shekarun 1380.