Darayisung Küdeng Khan

Darayisung Küdeng Khan
Birth and death:	1520–1557¹
Family name:	Clan Name (Obogh) Borjigin Khalkha Mongolian: Боржигин Chinese: 孛兒只斤
Given name:	Darayisung (Darayisun) Chinese: 达赉逊
Dates of reign:	1547–1557
Dynasty:	Northern Yuan (北元)
Era name:	None
Era dates:	1547–1557²
Temple name:	None
Posthumous name (short):	None
Posthumous name: (full)	None Given
General note: Dates given here are in the Julian calendar. They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Darayisung (Darayisun) Khan (1520 - 1557), was the Mongol Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia. Darayisung (Darayisun) Khan was the eldest son of Bodi Alagh Khan whom he succeeded as khan. During his rule, Altan Khan became stronger and more disrespectful of the power of the Great Khan and Darayisung (Darayisun) Khan was unable to achieve victory in their conflicts. However Altan Khan forced Darayisung Küdeng Khan to flee eastward. Four years later in 1551 Darayisung made a compromise with Altan accepting Altan's leadership in exchange for giving the title "Gegeen Khan" to him. As a result, Darayisung (Darayisun) Khan was forced to relocate his imperial court to the east near Manchuria, and the power of the Great Khan began to decline. Although most Mongol nobles still recognize the Great Khan as the leader, it was in name only and more and more Mongol nobles declare themselves as khans of their own turfs.

Darayisung Küdeng Khan House of Borjigin (Боржигин) (1206-1412) Died: 1547-1557
Regnal titles
Preceded by Bodi Alagh Khan	Khan of the Mongols 1547 - 1557	Succeeded by Tümen Jasagtu Khan
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Bodi Alagh Khan	— TITULAR — Emperor of Yuan Dynasty 1547-1557 Reason for succession failure: Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty in 1368	Succeeded by Tümen Jasagtu Khan Jiajing Emperor of Ming Dynasty wielded actual authority over China