Mentemu

Möngke Temür (Hanzi : 猛哥帖木耳/猛哥帖木儿) or Dudu Mentemu (ᡩᡠᡩᡠ ᠮᡝᠨᡨᡝᠮᡠ; Hanzi : 孟特穆) (1370 – 1433)

In 1388, the Hongwu Emperor established contact with three tribes of the Jianzhou Jurchens, the Odoli, Huligai and Tuowen and attempted to enlist them as allies against the Mongols. There was a general migration south of the various Jurchen groups around the turn of the century and the three tribes established themselves around the Tumen River (near the modern border of China, Russia and North Korea). Not long afterwards, the various Jurchens began accepting Ming titles from the Yongle Emperor as the Military Commander三 of the three Wei, namely Jianzhou Wei (建州卫), Jianzhou Left Wei (建州左卫) and Jianzhou Right Wei (建州右卫). The Wei (卫) was military unit composed of 5 Suo (所), and each Suo was staffed with 1100 soldiers. As Military Commanders of Weu they were required to go to Beijing every year to pay tribute to the Emperor. Ahacu (阿哈出, later also known as Li Sicheng 李思誠), chief of the Huligai, became commander of the Jianzhou Wei (建州卫) in 1403, named after a Yuan Dynasty political unit in the area. Möngke Temür (猛哥帖木儿) of the Odoli became leader of the Jianzhou Left Wei (建州左卫) and accepted the Chinese surname of Tóng (童) not long afterward.

Temple name : Zhàozǔ (Hanzi : 肇祖)

References

• THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF CHINA The Qing Empire To 1800

Mentemu Jianzhou Jurchens Born:  ? Died: 1433
Preceded by Bukūri Yongšon	Chieftain of the Jianzhou Jurchens 1405–1433	Succeeded by Cungšan

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Name	Mongke, Temur
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Date of birth	1370
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Date of death	1433
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