Tibet under Yuan rule refers to the Yuan dynasty's rule over Tibet from approximately 1270 to 1354. During the Yuan rule of Tibet, the region was structurally, militarily and administratively controlled by the Mongol Yuan dynasty, a division of the Mongol Empire. In the history of Tibet, The Mongol rule was established after Sakya Pandita capitulated Tibet in 1244 to the Mongols, following the 1240 Mongol conquest of Tibet led by the tarkhan Doorda. It is also called the Sakya dynasty after the favored Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism.