Daraisung Guden Khan

Daraisung Guden Khan (Mongolian: Дарайсүн гүдэн хаан, 1520–1557) or Darayisung Gudeng Khan was the Mongol Khan of the Northern Yuan dynasty based in Mongolia. He was the eldest son of Bodi Alagh Khan, whom he succeeded as Khan.

Daraisung Guden Khan
Khagan of the Mongols
Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty
PredecessorBodi Alagh Khan
SuccessorTümen Zasagt Khan
Born1520
Died1557 (aged 36–37)
HouseBorjigin
DynastyNorthern Yuan
FatherBodi Alagh Khan

During his rule, Altan Khan became stronger and more disrespectful of the power of the Great Khan and Daraisung Khan was unable to achieve victory in their conflicts. Altan Khan forced Daraisung Guden Khan to flee eastward. Four years later in 1551, Daraisung made a compromise with Altan accepting Altan's leadership in exchange for giving the title "Gegeen Khan" to him. As a result, Daraisung Guden 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 recognized the Great Khan as the leader, it was in name only and two Borjin nobles declare themselves as khans of their own turfs.

With the decline of a unified Mongol state, his great-grandson, Ligden Khan, the last Borjigin Khan of Mongolia, eventually became known as Ligden of the Chahar, and eventually was subjugated by the Qing dynasty.[1]

See also
  • List of khans of the Northern Yuan dynasty

References
  1. Veit, Veronika (1986): Die mongolischen Völkerschaften: 396-400. In: Weiers, Michael (ed.) (1986): Die Mongolen. Beiträge zu ihrer Geschichte und Kultur. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: 379-411. Another source on the period would be Di Cosmo, Nicola, and Dalizhabu Bao (2003): Manchu-Mongol relations on the eve of the Qing conquest: a documentary history. Leiden: Brill.
Daraisung Guden Khan
 Died: 1547–1557
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Bodi Alagh Khan		 Khan of the Northern Yuan dynasty
1547–1557		 Succeeded by
Tümen Jasagtu Khan


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