Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür

Jayaatu Khan (Mongolian: Заяат хаан ᠵᠠᠶᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤ; Jayaγatu qaγan; Chinese: 札牙篤汗), born Tugh Temür (Mongolian: Төвтөмөр ᠲᠦᠪᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ; Chinese: 圖帖睦爾), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Wenzong of Yuan (Chinese: 元文宗; 16 February 1304 – 2 September 1332), was an emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China. Apart from Emperor of China, he is regarded as the 12th Khagan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire.

Emperor Wenzong of Yuan
元文宗
Jayaatu Khan
札牙篤汗
ᠵᠠᠶᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ
12th Khagan of the Mongol Empire
(Nominal due to the empire's division)
Emperor of China
(8th Emperor of the Yuan dynasty)
Portrait of Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temur (Emperor Wenzong) during the Yuan era.
Emperor of the Yuan dynasty
Reign16 October 1328 – 26 February 1329
Coronation16 October 1328
PredecessorRagibagh Khan
SuccessorKhutughtu Khan Kusala
Reign8 September 1329 – 2 September 1332
PredecessorKhutughtu Khan Kusala
SuccessorRinchinbal Khan
Born16 February 1304
Died2 September 1332(1332-09-02) (aged 28)
EmpressEmpress Budashiri of the Khongirad (m. 1324–1332)
Names
Mongolian: ᠲᠦᠪᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ
Chinese: 圖帖睦爾
Tüv Tomor/ Tugh Temür
Full name
Era dates
Tianli (天曆; "Heavenly Calendar", 1328–1330)
Zhishun (至順; "Extreme Obedience", 1330–1332)
Regnal name
Emperor Qintian Tongsheng Zhide Chenggong Dawen Xiao (欽天統聖至德誠功大文孝皇帝);
Jayaatu Khan (ᠵᠠᠶᠠᠭᠠᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ; 札牙篤汗)
Posthumous name
Emperor Shengming Yuanxiao (聖明元孝皇帝)
Temple name
Wenzong (文宗)
HouseBorjigin
DynastyYuan
FatherKülüg Khan
MotherZhenge
ReligionBuddhism

He first ruled from 16 October 1328 to 26 February 1329 before abdicating in favour of his brother Kusala (Emperor Mingzong), and again ruled from 8 September 1329 to 2 September 1332 after Kusala's death.

Thanks to his father's loyal partisans, Tugh Temür did restore the line of Khayishan (Emperor Wuzong) to the throne but persecuted his eldest brother Kusala's family, and later expressed remorse for what he had done to him. His name means "Blessed/lucky Khan".

Tugh Temür sponsored many cultural activities, wrote poetry, painted, and read Chinese classical texts. Examples of his quite competent poetry and calligraphy have survived. He mandated and closely monitored the compilation called "The Imperial Dynasty's grand institutions for managing the world"; through this textual production, he proclaimed his reign as new beginning, which took stock of the administrative practices and rules of the past and looked forward to a fresh chapter in Yuan dynastic governance. But his reign was brief, and his administration was in the hands of powerful ministers, such as El Temür of the Qipchaq and Bayan of the Merkid who had helped him to win the succession struggle in 1328.

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