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Yesün Temür

Yesün Temür

也孫鐵木兒

Emperor of the Yuan · Khagan of the Mongols

1293 – 1328

Biography

Son of Gammala and beneficiary of the Coup of Nanpo, which placed him on the throne after his cousin Gegeen Khan's murder. He was a more traditionally-Mongol ruler than his immediate predecessors, reverting to nomadic court practice. His death at thirty-five triggered the War of the Two Capitals between his son Ragibagh and his cousin Tugh Temür.

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