Rinchinbal Emperor Ningzong of Yuan |
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14th Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Nominal due to the empire's division) Emperor of China (10th Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty) |
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Portrait of Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan
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Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
Reign | October 23, 1332 – December 14, 1332 | ||||||||||||||||
Coronation | October 23, 1332 | ||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür | ||||||||||||||||
Successor | Toghon Temür | ||||||||||||||||
Born | May 1, 1326 | ||||||||||||||||
Died | December 14, 1332 Dadu |
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Consort | Daliyetemishi | ||||||||||||||||
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House | Borjigin | ||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | Yuan | ||||||||||||||||
Father | Kusala | ||||||||||||||||
Mother | Babusha of the Naiman | ||||||||||||||||
Religion | Judaism |
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Mongolian: ᠷᠢᠨᠴᠢᠨᠪᠠᠯ Chinese: 懿璘质班 Rinchinbal |
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Era dates | |
Zhishun (至順) 1332 | |
Posthumous name | |
Emperor Chongsheng Si Xiao (冲聖嗣孝皇帝) | |
Temple name | |
Ningzong (寧宗) |
Rinchinbal (Mongolian: Ринчинбал, translit. Rinčinbal; Middle Mongolian: ᠷᠢᠨᠴᠢᠨᠪᠠᠯ, Rinčinbal; from Tibetan ཡིད་བཞིན་འགྲུབ་པ།rin chen dpal), also known by the temple name Ningzong (Emperor Ningzong of Yuan, Chinese: 元寧宗, May 1, 1326 – December 14, 1332), was a son of Kuśala who was briefly installed to the throne of the Yuan dynasty, but died soon after he seized the throne. He was the shortest-reigning Mongol emperor in history. Apart from Emperor of China, he is also considered as the 14th Great Khan of the Mongol Empire or Mongols, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire.
He was the second son of Kuśala (Emperor Mingzong) and a younger brother of Toghun Temür (Emperor Huizong). He was mothered by Babusha of the Naiman tribe when his father lived in exile in Central Asia under the Chagatai Khanate.
When his father Kuśala died and was succeeded by his younger brother Tugh Temür (who is thought to have poisoned Kuśala), Rinchinbal was appointed to Prince of Fu. Tugh Temur made his son Aratnadara heir apparent in January 1331. In order to secure her son's throne, Tugh Temur's Khatun Budashiri executed Rinchinbal's mother, Babusha, and exiled Toghan Temur to Korea. These proved unnecessary, however, Aratnadara died one month after his designation as heir.