Arigaba

Arigaba ( Chinese: Bèi'érzhījīn Āsùjíbā , 孛兒只斤阿速吉八; Mongolian ᠠᠰᠣᠴᠢᠪᠢ , * 1320 ; † 1328 ) was the son of Yesun Timur Khan, an emperor of the Yuan dynasty . He only ruled in 1328.

Life

Arigaba was the eldest son of Yesun Timur Khan , his mother came from the Khunggirad clan . At the time of his birth, his mother's clan retained power in the empire by marrying into the imperial family. In 1324, Arigaba was made crown prince as a toddler . When Yesun Timur Khan suddenly passed away in Xanadu in 1328 , the young prince was enthroned on the spot by the powerful Muslim officer Dawlat Shah shortly afterwards.

However, the surprising death of the ancient Khagan led to a partial uprising of the ruling clans. They were extremely dissatisfied that Yesun Timur Khan had concentrated all power on his favorites, especially the Muslim Dawlat Shah. Within a few days, the city commander of Dadu El Temür undertook a coup d'état and demanded the elevation of Külüq Khan's son Toqa Timur as the new khagan. He was kindly received in Dadu in the same month that Arigaba was enthroned in Xanadu.

Arigaba's army led a campaign against Dadu, but suffered a crushing defeat against El Temur's forces. Thereupon the general Örüg Temür undertook the siege of Xanadu and took the city for the new Khagan Toqa Timur. Dawlat Shah was executed after the surrender , the fate of the young Khagan Arigaba is unknown.

literature

Stephan Conerman, Jan Kusber (ed.): The Mongols in Asia and Europe , Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt / M. u. a. 1997. ISBN 978-3-631-30636-9 .
Michael Weiers: History of the Mongols . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-17-017206-9 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Yesun Timur Khan (晉宗 Jìnzōng)	Emperor of China 1328	Toqa Timur (文宗 Wénzōng)
Yesun Timur Khan	Khagan of the Mongols 1328	Toqa Timur

personal data
SURNAME	Arigaba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	孛兒只斤阿速吉八 (Chinese); Bèi'érzhījīn Āsùjíbā
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chinese Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	1320
DATE OF DEATH	1328