Queen Anu

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Queen Anu
Contemporary image by Mongolian artist Dolgoon, depicting Queen Anu at the battle of Zuunmod
Queen of Dzungar Khanate
PredecessorYum-Agas
Bornc. 1653
DiedJune 12, 1696(1696-06-12) (aged 42–43)
Terelj, Tüsheet Khan
Burial
Khotont, Arkhangai Province,  Mongolia
SpouseSengge
Galdan Boshugtu Khan
HouseBorjigin
FatherOchirtu Khan

Queen Anu or Lady Anu (Mongolian: Ану хатан ᠠᠨᠤ ᠬᠠᠲᠤᠨ; also known as Ana Dara; died 1696) was a queen consort who led warriors into battle at the founding of the Dzungar Khanate in the late 17th century.

Biography

Anu was the granddaughter of

Buddhist monk.[1] With troops provided by Ochirtu, Galdan avenged his brother's death and assumed the Dzungar Khanate throne.[2]

Galdan relied on Anu for counsel[3] throughout his reign as he expanded Dzungar Mongol rule from the west end of the Great Wall of China to present-day eastern Kazakhstan, and from present-day northern Kyrgyzstan to southern Siberia. Fearing the rise of a new Mongol empire, the Qing dynasty sent three armies west towards Mongolia in 1696. The Qing Kangxi Emperor personally led the expeditionary forces. Galdan moved his army south from the Khentii Mountains to meet the Qing army's western column at the Battle of Jao Modo in May 1696, but his troops were soon surrounded by the superior Qing forces.[4]

Anu led a counterattack which enabled her husband to escape from the enemy encirclement. Although Galdan managed to flee with a small remnant of his supporters, Anu was killed by an enemy arrow during her charge.

Khangai mountains in an area now referred to as "Khatant" (place of the queen) in present-day Khotont soum of Arkhangai Province
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Family

She had a son and two daughters from her marriage to Galdan Boshughtu:

Cultural references

In 1975, the celebrated Mongolian author

Shuudertsetseg then adapted The Legendary Queen Anu as a full-length feature film in 2012. Queen Ahno - Spirit of a Warrior, also titled Warrior Princess, became the most expensive Mongolian film ever made and went on to become one of Mongolia's highest-grossing films.[7]

Further reading

  • Zlatkin, Ilia Iakovlevich (1964). История Джунгарского ханства, 1635-1758. (History of the Jungarian Khanate, 1635-1758 ).
  • B. Rinchen. Lady Anu. Ulaanbaatar 1975.
  • J. Purev. Manan budan. Ulaanbaatar 1988.

References

  1. ISBN 9004119469
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  2. ISBN 978-1605201337
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  3. ISBN 978-1605201337
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  4. ISBN 5-02-018328-8
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  5. ISBN 978-0810879843
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  6. ^ Fang, Chao-ying (1943). "Galdan" . In Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
  7. ^ "Golden Network speaks Mongolian". Screendaily.com. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
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