Northern Yuan
Northern Yuan 北元 ᠳᠠᠢ ᠦᠨ Dayan 大元 ("Great Yuan") ᠳᠥᠴᠢᠨ ᠳᠥᠷᠪᠡᠨ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ döčin dörben mongγol ulus[1] ("Forty-four Mongol State") | |||||||||||||||||
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1368–1635 | |||||||||||||||||
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Common languages | Mongolian, Chinese, Jurchen[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Religion | Tengrism, Buddhism, Islam | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
Khagan | |||||||||||||||||
• 1368–1370 | Ukhaghatu Khan Toghon Temür (first) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1370–1378 | Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara | ||||||||||||||||
• 1378–1388 | Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür | ||||||||||||||||
• 1454-1455 | Esen Taishi (only non-Borjigin) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1478-1517/1543 | Dayan Khan (longest ruling) | ||||||||||||||||
• 1557-1592 | Tümen Zasagt Khan | ||||||||||||||||
• 1603-1634 | Ligdan Khan | ||||||||||||||||
• 1634-1635 | Ejei Khan (last) | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
Historical era | Late Middle Ages | ||||||||||||||||
September 1368 | |||||||||||||||||
• Death of Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür | 1388 | ||||||||||||||||
• Dayan Khan reunites the Mongol nation | 1483–1510 | ||||||||||||||||
• Death of Ligdan Khan | 1634 | ||||||||||||||||
1635 | |||||||||||||||||
Currency | barter, Dirham | ||||||||||||||||
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The Northern Yuan (Chinese: 北元; pinyin: Běi Yuán) was a dynastic regime ruled by the Mongol Borjigin clan based in the Mongolian Plateau. It existed as a rump state after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 and lasted until its conquest by the Jurchen-led Later Jin dynasty in 1635. The Northern Yuan dynasty began with the retreat of the Yuan imperial court led by Toghon Temür (Emperor Huizong of Yuan) to the Mongolian steppe. This period featured factional struggles and the often only nominal role of the Great Khan.
Name
The regime that existed between 1368 and 1635 is known by various names, including the Northern Yuan (dynasty).[7] The dynastic name of "Great Yuan'" (Chinese: 大元; pinyin: Dà Yuán) was officially used between 1368 and 1388, as was the preceding Yuan dynasty. Following the death of Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür, the "Great Yuan" dynastic name along with other Han-style imperial titles were abandoned by his successor Jorightu Khan Yesüder; hence, the name "Northern Yuan" is sometimes limited in its usage to referencing only the period between 1368 and 1388.[8] The historiographical term "Northern Yuan" in the English language is derived from the corresponding term "北元" (Běi Yuán) in the Chinese language, in which the prefix "Northern" is used to distinguish between the Yuan dynasty established in 1271 and the regime that existed after 1368. The historiographical name "Northern Yuan" first appeared in the Korean historical text Goryeosa written in Classical Chinese.[9] Some scholars believe that the reign of Dayan Khan whose regnal name "Dayan" came from the Chinese term "大元" (Dà Yuán; lit. "Great Yuan").[10] Contrary to this, other views hold that the title "Dayan" is derived from the Mongolian word means "origin" or "whole".[11] Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that Taisun Khan, Esen Taishi, Manduul Khan, and Ligdan Khan had also used the "Great Yuan" dynastic name and Han-style imperial titles during their rule.[10][12]
In English, the term "Northern Yuan (dynasty)" is generally used to cover the entire period from 1368 to 1635 for historiographical purpose. Apart from "Great Yuan" (before 1388 and during the rule of Esen Taishi[13]), the Mongols called their regime "Ikh Mongol Uls", meaning the "Great Mongol State". It is also referred to as "Post-Imperial Mongolia", the " Mongol(ian) Khaganate" or the "Mongol(ian) Khanate"[14] in some modern sources,[15] Although most of these English terms can also refer to the Mongol Empire or the Yuan dynasty in the 13th and the 14th centuries.
In chronicles written in the Mongolian language, this period is also known as "The Forty and the Four" (Döchin Dörben), meaning forty
History
Origin
The Northern Yuan dynasty was the remnant of the
Yuan rule in China proper began to collapse in
Retreat to Mongolian Steppe (1368–1388)
Toghon Temür (r. 1333–1370), the last ruler of the Yuan, fled north to Shangdu (located in present-day Inner Mongolia) from Dadu upon the approach of Ming forces. He tried to regain Dadu but failed and died in Yingchang (located in present-day Inner Mongolia) two years later (1370). Yingchang was seized by the Ming shortly after his death.[20]
The Mongols retreated to
In 1380, the Ming invaded Northern Yuan and sacked Karakorum, although they were eventually forced to withdraw. Around 70,000 Mongol captives were taken. In 1387, the Ming defeated
The Genghisid (Major descendants of Kublai
Oirat domination (1388–1478)
In 1388, the Mongol throne was taken over by
The following century saw a succession of Genghisid rulers, many of whom were mere figureheads put on the throne by those warlords who happened to be the most powerful. From the end of the 14th century there appear designations such as "period of small kings" (Бага хаадын үе).
The Mongols eventually split into three main groups: the Oirats in the west, the Uriankhai in northeast, and the Khorchin between the two. The Uriankhai surrendered to the Ming dynasty in the 1390s. The Ming divided them into the Three Guards: Doyin, Tai'nin and Fuyu.[34]
Mongol relations with the Ming dynasty consisted of sporadic bursts of conflict intermingled with periods of peaceful relations and border trade. The Oirat-backed
By 1422 Arugtai turned hostile again as the Ming did not grant him the trading privileges he wanted,[35] and Yongle campaigned against him in 1422 and 1423. Bahamu's successor Toghan pushed Arugtai east of the Greater Khingan range in 1433. The Oirats killed him in the west of Baotou the next year. Arugtai's ally Adai Khan (r. 1425–1438) made a last stand in Ejene before he was murdered too.[36]
Toghan died in the very year of his victory over Adai. His son
From Esen's death to 1481 different
Restoration (1479–1600)
Second reunification
OIRATS
Manduulun's young
From 1495 onward, Dayan exerted pressure on the Ming dynasty, which closed border-trade and killed his envoys. Dayan invaded Ming territory and subjugated the Uriankhai Three Guards, who had previously submitted to the Ming. As a result, the
Dayan Khan's reorganization of the Mongols into six Eastern Mongol tümens (literally "ten thousand") and four Oirats tümens had far-reaching effects on the development of Mongol society.
- Left Wing:
- Hongirad
- Uriankhai tumen. This tumen was later dissolved.
- Right Wing:
- Ordos tumen
- Tümedtümen
- Yünsheebüü (Yöngshiyebü) tümen (including Kharchin)
- Four tümen Oirats:
- . The Barga and Buryats later became subject of Khalkha.
The six Eastern Mongol tümens were granted to his 11 sons while the four Oirat tümens were ruled by taishi nobles. His youngest son Gersenji Khongtaiji of the Jalayir became the ruler of the Khalkha Mongols, the largest of the six tümens. The tümens functioned both as military units and as tribal administrative bodies who hoped to receive taijis, descended from Dayan Khan. Northern Khalkha people and Uriyankhan were attached to the South Khalkha of eastern Inner Mongolia and Doyin Uriyangkhan of the Three Guards, respectively. After the rebellion of the northern Uriankhai people, they were conquered in 1538 and mostly annexed by the northern Khalkha. However, his decision to divide the six tumens to his sons, or taijis, and local tabunangs-sons in the law of the taijis created a decentralized system of Borjigin rule that secured domestic peace and outward expansion for a century. Despite this decentralization, there was a remarkable concord within the new Mongol order created by Dayan Khan.
Last reunification
After Dayan Khan's death, the Mongols began falling apart again under the two succeeding khans. By 1540 new regional circles of taijis and local tabunangs (imperial sons-in-law) of the taijis emerged in all the former Dayan Khan's domains. The khagan and the jinong had titular authority over the three right wing tumens.
Under
By the end of the 16th century, the Uriankhai Three Guards had lost their existence as a distinct group. Their Fuyu was absorbed by the Khorchin after they had moved to the
Conversion to Buddhism
Although Yuan emperors had previously adopted
Fall (1600–1635)
By the reign of Ligdan Khan (r. 1604–1634), the Eastern Mongol tumens had ceased to function as a unified entity. Ligdan only controlled the Chahar tumen and the Khalkha and Oirat Mongols no longer obeyed his authority. Ligdan built a new capital in Chahar land known as Chaghan Baishin (White House) and promoted the building of Buddhist monasteries, translation of Tibetan literature, and trade with the Ming dynasty.[54]
In 1616, the Jurchens rose to the forefront of East Asian powers under the reign of
In response, Ligdan
After Ligdan Khan's death in 1634, the Mongols formed four Khanates, from west to east:
- The Altan Khan of Khalkhasin the far west, founded by Sholoi Ubashi, great-grandson of Geresandza.
- The Dzasagtu Khans, a khanate founded by Laikhor-khan, a cousin of the Altan Khan.
- The Tushetu Khans at Ulaanbaatar founded by Abatai, another grandson. This was the senior branch.
- The Sechen Khans at the eastern end of modern Mongolia, were founded by Sholoi, a great-grandson.
Aftermath
Outer Mongolia
In 1636, all of
In Outer Mongolia the Khalkhas still against Manchu rule, Tüsheet Khan Gombodorj retained his independence and suzerainty over the Sechen and Jasagtu khans. However another independent entity known as Altan Khan of the Khalkha emerged in Jasagtu territory. With the loss of Inner Mongolia and the Imperial Mongol Seal, the Mongols had to search for a new source of authority. As a result, in 1639, Gombodorj's son became the first Jebtsundamba Khutuktu, the spiritual head of the Gelug Buddhists in Mongolia. Gombodorj did his best to maintain peaceful relations with the rising Manchus by sending tribute. He also stopped providing horses to the Ming dynasty. Diplomacy failed after the Manchus defeated the Ming in 1644 and seized Beijing. In 1646, a Mongol noyan rebelled against the Qing but was crushed under overwhelming odds. In 1647, Gombodorj met the Qing in battle with 50,000 cavalry and neither side were able to obtain a decisive victory. Although both sides suffered heavy losses, the Mongol army constituted a larger part of their overall forces than the Qing, signalling that the Mongols no longer had the numbers to directly confront the Qing in battle.[60]
In the mid-17th century, Gombodorj died and was succeeded by his young and inexperienced son Chikhundorj. In 1655, the Qing began interfering in Tusheet affairs by appointing their own lamas in Tusheet territory. Thus Outer Mongolia also gradually fell under Qing control.[61]
Dzungar Khanate
Meanwhile, to the west, about 1600–1620 the Oirats united under Kharkhul. In 1635, the Oirats under Kharkhul's son Erdeni Batur formed the Dzungar Khanate. This unification was partly driven by their wars with the Altan Khans.[60] When the Jasagtu Khan Shira lost part of his subjects to the Tüsheet Khan Chikhundorj, Galdan Boshugtu Khan of the Dzungars moved his orda near the Altai Mountains to prepare an attack. Chikhundorj attacked the right wing of the Khalkhas and killed Shira in 1687. In 1688, Galdan dispatched troops under his younger brother Dorji-jav against Chikhundorj but they were eventually defeated and Dorji-jav was killed in battle. Chikhundorj then murdered Degdeehei Mergen Ahai of the Jasagtu Khan who was on the way to Galdan. To avenge the death of his brother, Galdan established friendly relations with the Russians who were already at war with Chikhundorj over territories near Lake Baikal. Armed with Russian firearms, Galdan led 30,000 Dzungar troops into Outer Mongolia in 1688 and defeated Chikhundorj in three days. The Siberian Cossacks, meanwhile, attacked and defeated a Khalkha army of 10,000 near Lake Baikal. After two bloody battles with the Dzungars near Erdene Zuu Monastery and Tomor, Chikhundorji and his brother Jebtsundamba Khutuktu Zanabazar fled across the Gobi Desert to the Qing dynasty and submitted to the Kangxi Emperor.[62]
By 1690, Galdan had control of Outer Mongolia as far as the edge of Manchuria, before turning his attention east towards Beijing. This expansion of the Dzungar state was viewed with worry by the Qing, which led the
See also
- List of khans of the Northern Yuan dynasty
- List of Mongol states
- Rump state
Notes
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北元遼陽省平章劉益、王右丞等欲歸附大明,慮遷居民,以遼陽本我地,若我國請命,可免遷徙,遣使來告。
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明朝人把退据蒙古高原的北元政权及其治下的蒙古族称为鞑靼。
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而元人自脱古斯帖木兒被秋以後,內爭不息。數傳之後,已不知其有國號、帝號。相繼篡立者,皆自稱為「汗」,並改國名為「韃靼」,由於其兵力已不如初返塞外時之盛,故其為患也輕。
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卓里克圖汗,也無漢語廟號。此後蒙古歷代諸汗雖然族系不同,但都是只有蒙語尊號或諡號,而不再有漢語廟號。元朝漢語年號至天元而止,卓里克圖汗不立漢語年號,以後的蒙古諸汗也不再建立漢語年號。
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External links
- Media related to Northern Yuan dynasty at Wikimedia Commons