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| Maidilibala 买的里八剌 | |
|---|---|
| Prince of Yuan | |
| Born | 1362 |
| Died | ? |
| House | Borjigin |
| Dynasty | Northern Yuan |
| Father | Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara |
| Mother | Empress Consort Kwon |
Prince Maidilibala was a Yuan dynasty prince. He was taken prisoner by the Ming army but later released and returned to Mongolia where he became Khan.
His name derives from Sanskrit and is a person's name derived from Tibetan Buddhism.
Biography
He was born in year 22 of the Zhizheng era (1362). In 1368, he evacuated from Dadu (now Beijing) with his father and grandfather. In 1369, the Ming Dynasty conquered Shangdu and retreated to Yingchang (now the west bank of Dalinur Lake, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia). In 1370, after his grandfather died, he was captured by the Ming army in Yingchang on the fifth lunar month and sent to the capital (then Nanjing). He was held prisoners for five years, in which the Ming named him Marquis (Chinese: 侯; pinyin: Hóu) of Chongli. In the ninth month of the lunar calendar (1374), Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty freed him. There is no record of his subsequent life.
There is a saying that Tögüs Temür, who succeeded Emperor Zhaozong of Northern Yuan, was the same person as Maidilibala; however, their ages differ, and Mongolian historical sources say that Tögüs Temür was in fact the younger brother of Emperor Zhaozong. Mongolian historian Baoyin Deligen believes that Maidilibala was in fact the later Mongolian Khan Elbeg.
In 1388, the eldest son of Tögüs Temür, Tian Baonu, was killed together with his father, and the second son, Di Baonu, was exiled to the Ryukyu by the Ming. Thus, the descendants of Tögüs Temür in Mongolia were eliminated. According to the "Huang Shi", Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan ascended the throne at the age of thirty-three and reigned for four years; the anonymous "Golden History Outline" says that he ascended the throne in the Year of the Dog (1394).
Judging from the year of birth, name and relevant records of the Ming people, Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan should be the same person as Maidilibala. Elbeg Nigülesügchi and Maidilibala were both born in 1362. Second, the two names have the same meaning.
References
Sources
- Baoyin Deligen: "The Lineage and Political Situation of the Northern Yuan Khans Before the Middle of the 15th Century" (Chinese:《15世纪中叶前的北元可汗世系及政局》), Research on Mongolian History, Volume 6
Category:1362 births
Category:Yuan dynasty sons of emperors
Category:Yuan dynasty people
Category:Chinese princes