Babukhan Explained

Succession:Empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and Khatun of Mongols
Reign:1324 — 15 August 1328
Reign-Type:Tenure
Predecessor:Empress Sugabala
Successor:Empress Budashiri
Birth Date: 1296
Death Date: 1329 (aged 32—33)
Consort:yes
Spouse:Yesün Temür
Issue:Ragibagh Khan
House:Khongirad
Father:Woliuchar or Maizhuhan
Succession1:Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty
Reign-Type1:Tenure
Reign1:October — 14 November 1328
Predecessor1:Empress Dowager Radnashiri
Successor1:Empress Dowager Budashiri

Babukhan (fl. 1328) (Chinese: 八不罕; Mongolian: Бабухан) was the wife of Taiding Emperor of the Yuan dynasty.[1] She served as regent in 1328.

Life

Babukhan's father was either Woliuchar or Maizhuhan, both grandsons of Anchen.[2] She was established as empress in the third month of the first year of Taiding's reign (1324).[3]

Her husband died four years later in Shangdu and she instantly went into motion to assure that her son Ragibagh - the designated heir - would indeed ascend the throne. Babukhan immediately sent her envoys to seize the royal seals of office, and, when supporters of the former emperor Khaishan moved to enthrone one of his children, she pre-emptively had her son crowned with the reign name Tianshun.[4] She would serve as his regent.

Babukhan sent troops to attack and punish the rebels, and many battles ensued; eventually her army was defeated.[5] Tuq Temur, son of Khaishan, took power, and had Tianshun executed.

It is unknown what became of Babukhan afterwards. She wasn't given a posthumous due to the fact that she wasn't considered legitimate empress by Tugh Temür.

Notes and References

  1. Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, John King Fairbank-The Cambridge History of China: Alien regimes and border states, 907–1368
  2. Book: Zhao, George Qingzhi. Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal Marriages from World Empire to Yuan Dynasty. 2008. Peter Lang. 978-1-4331-0275-2. 108. en.
  3. Book: 黎东方 . 黎东方讲史:细说元朝 . 2019-05-01 . 上海人民出版社有限责任公司 . 978-7-208-15796-5 . zh.
  4. Book: 岡田英弘 . 中國文明的歷史: 非漢中心史觀的建構 . 2017-11-17 . 讀書共和國出版集團/八旗文化 . 978-986-95561-4-9 . zh-TW.
  5. Book: 宋元通鑑: 157巻 . 1864 . 和泉屋金右衛門 . zh.