Biligtü Khan, Emperor Zhaozong of Northern Yuan

Chinese_Emperor


birth=1338
death=1378¹
family_name= Clan Name (Obogh)
Borjigin
Khalkha Mongolian: Боржигин
Chinese: 孛兒只斤

begin_era=1370
end_era=1378²
begin_reign=1370
end_reign=1378
dynasty=Northern Yuan (北元)
given_name=Аюушридар
Ayushiridara
Chinese: (愛猷識里達臘)
temple_name=Zhaozong (昭宗)
posthumous_name_short="None given"
era_name=Xuanguang (宣光)
notes=General note: "Dates given here are in the Julian calendar.
They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Biligtü Khan, born Ayushiridara (Аюушридар Билигт хаан) (temple name: 昭宗 Zhaozong; r. 1370-1378), was a ruler of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia.

He was born to Toghun Temür Khan and Öljei Khutughu Khatun. He became crown prince but it caused an internal strife between his supporters and opponents. An opposition leader Bolud Temür occupied the capital in 1364. Ayushiridara fled to Köke Temür, a Uyghur warlord. Köke Temür overthrer Bolud Temür in the next year.

In 1368 the Yuan Dynasty was expelled from China by the new Ming Dynasty. In 1370 his father Toghun Temür Khan died in Yingchang and Ayushiridara succeeded to the throne. Shortly after the succession, he fled to Karakorum and he changed the era name to Xuanguang (宣光 1371-1378) there.

The Yuan Dynasty still remained a powerful empire. In 1372 Köke Temür won a victory over Ming in northern Mongolia. The victory in 1372 was not overwhelming. Ming's central army won a series of victories to arrive at the north of Ulan Bator and was finally defeated due to extended supply line. Ming's west army won a series of overwhelming victories. Ming's east army won a series of victories, but suffered comparable damage of Yuan. Ayushiridara died in 1378 and Tögüs Temür succeeded to the throne.

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