Gün Temür (;

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Toqoqan Khan (; ), (1377–1402) was a khagan of the

Northern Yuan dynasty The Northern Yuan was a dynastic state ruled by the Mongol Borjigin clan based in the Mongolian Plateau. It existed as a rump state after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty in 1368 and lasted until its conquest by the Jurchen people, Jurchen-led ...

, reigning from 1399 to 1402. '' Erdeniin Tobchi'' claimed that Gün Temür was the eldest son of Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan, but records in '' Habib al-siyar'' and '' Zafarnama'' he as other Genghizid (maybe descendant of

Ariq Böke Ariq Böke (after 1219–1266), the components of his name also spelled Arigh, Arik and Bukha, Buka (, ; ), was the seventh and youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the Great Khan Möngke, Ariq Bök ...

). His name, Gün Temür, means "Deep (intellectually) Iron" in the

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In 1402, Gün Temür was defeated by Gulichi (possibly with Arughtai), who killed him as a result. Gulichi later seizes the title Örüg Temür Khan. Several years later, Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan's son Bunyashiri returned to Mongolia and succeed the throne, known as Öljei Temür Khan.The Cambridge History of Inner Asia: The Chinggisid Age, (edited by Nicola Di Cosmo, Allen J. Frank and Peter B. Golden), September 28, 2009. . p. 162.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gun Temur Khan, Emperor Shuntian Of Northern Yuan 1377 births 1402 deaths Northern Yuan khans 14th-century Mongol khans 15th-century Mongol khans 15th-century Chinese monarchs

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