Babusha (, died 1330) was a Naiman empress consort of the

Yuan dynasty The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongols, Mongol-led Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Division of the M ...

, married to the

Khutughtu Khan Khutughtu Khan ( mn, Хутагт хаан; Mongolian script: ; ), born Kuśala (Mongolian: Хүслэн ; , sa, कुशल means virtuous/wholesome), also known by the temple name Mingzong (Emperor Mingzong of Yuan, ; 22 December 1300 – 3 ...

(Emperor Mingzong). She was born to Princess Shouning, who was the niece of Chengzong. She married Khutughtu Khan before he became emperor. She approved of the famous cook book of Huou, ''Yin-shanZhengyao'' (1330). After the death of her spouse, the execution of Babusha, in parallel with the exile of Toghon Temur to Korea in May 1330, were both ordered by

Budashiri Budashiri or Buddhashiri ( Mongolian: ᠪᠦᠳᠬᠠᠱᠢᠷᠢ, , Sinicized as ''Putashali'', ) (born c. 1307 – died c. 1340) was Empress of China and Khatun of Mongols as the wife of Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür. She acted as an interime r ...

to secure the succession of Aratnadara.Denis C. Twitchett, Herbert Franke, John King Fairbank,
The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States ...
' She was executed after having accused Budashiri of the coup against her late husband.

Notes

* George Qingzhi Zhao,
Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal ...
' * Denis C. Twitchett, Herbert Franke, John King Fairbank,
The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States ...
' * Mary Ellen Snodgrass,
World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Social Influence from ...
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Babusha Year of birth missing 1330 deaths 14th-century Mongolian women Yuan dynasty empresses 14th-century Chinese women 14th-century Chinese people