Babukhan Khatun
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Babukhan (
fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indic ...
1328) (Chinese: 八不罕; Mongolian: Бабухан) was the wife of Taiding Emperor of the
Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...
. She served as regent in 1328.


Life

Babukhan's father was either Woliuchar or Maizhuhan, both grandsons of Anchen. She was established as empress in the third month of the first year of Taiding's reign (1324). Her husband died four years later in
Shangdu Shangdu (; lit. "Upper Capital"; ), known in the West as Xanadu, was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty under Kublai Khan. Located in what is now Zhenglan Banner, Inner Mongolia, it was designed by Chinese architect Liu Bingzhong and served as ...
and she instantly went into motion to assure that her son
Ragibagh Ragibagh (Mongolian language, Mongolian: Рагибаха or Ражабаг; ; Arigabag), also known by his Chinese era name, era name as the Tianshun Emperor of Yuan (), was a son of Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty), Yesün Temür (Taiding Emperor) ...
- 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. She would serve as his regent. Babukhan sent troops to attack and punish the rebels, and many battles ensued; eventually her army was defeated. 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.


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{{Yuan empresses Year of birth missing Yuan dynasty empresses 14th-century Chinese women 14th-century Chinese people 14th-century women regents 14th-century regents 14th-century Mongol women 14th-century Mongols Mothers of Chinese emperors