Shiregi (, , , ) was a
Mongol
The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal member ...
prince from the
Borjigin clan, great-grandson of
Genghis Khan.
Biography
Shiregi was born to
Möngke Khan
Möngke ( mn, ' / Мөнх '; ; 11 January 1209 – 11 August 1259) was the fourth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire, ruling from 1 July 1251, to 11 August 1259. He was the first Khagan from the Toluid line, and made significant reform ...
and his concubine Bayavchin from
Bayaut tribe at unknown time. Initially a supporter of
Ariq Böke
Ariq Böke (after 1219–1266), the components of his name also spelled Arigh, Arik and Bukha, Buka ( mn, Аригбөх, Arigböh, ; ), was the seventh and youngest son of Tolui and a grandson of Genghis Khan. After the death of his brother the ...
, he defected to
Kublai Khan, for which he was created King of Heping (河平王) in 1267. As soon as
Kaidu-Kublai war started he was sent against Kaidu. He arrived together with Nomoghan (son of Kublai), Kököchu (son of Kublai) and
Antong
Antong (), alternatively rendered as Hantum (1245 or 1248–1293), was a prominent official the Yuan dynasty of China, serving during the reign of the Yuan founder Kublai Khan. As a great-grand son of Muqali of the Jalayir clan, one of the greates ...
(grandson of
Muqali
Muqali ( mn, Мухулай; 1170–1223), also spelt Mukhali and Mukhulai, was a Mongol general ("bo'ol", "one who is bound" in service) who became a trusted and esteemed commander under Genghis Khan. The son of Gü'ün U'a, a Jalair leader who ...
) in 1275,
Almaliq. However, soon in Autumn 1276 Shiregi was incited by Togh-Temür, another grandson of
Tolui
Tolui (also Toluy, Tului; , meaning: "the mirror"; – 1232) was a Mongol khan, the fourth son of Genghis Khan by his chief khatun, Börte. At his father's death in 1227, his ''ulus'', or territorial inheritance, was the Mongol homelands on t ...
to rise against Kublai and claim the empire.
Shiregi defeated the princes, sent Nomoghan and Antong to
Mengu-Timur
Munkh Tumur or Möngke Temür ( mn, ᠮᠦᠨᠺᠬᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ, Мөнхтөмөр; russian: Мангутемир, Mangutemir) (?–1280), son of Toqoqan Khan and Köchu Khatun of Oirat (daughter of Toralchi Küregen and granddaughter of ...
of
Golden Horde
The Golden Horde, self-designated as Ulug Ulus, 'Great State' in Turkic, was originally a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate established in the 13th century and originating as the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. With the fragme ...
and
Kaidu
Kaidu (Middle Mongol: , Modern Mongol: / , ; ; c. 1230 – 1301) was a grandson of the Mongol khagan Ögedei (1185–1241) and thus leader of the House of Ögedei and the ''de facto'' khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a division of the Mongol Em ...
. However, Kaidu refused to join Shiregi in his bid to throne,
so they went to Upper Yenisei region to use it as a base to capture
Karakorum
Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, ''Kharkhorum''; Mongolian Script:, ''Qaraqorum''; ) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the 14–15th centuries. Its ruins lie in th ...
later.
[{{Cite book, last=Rossabi, first=Morris, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6gwDwAAQBAJ, title=Khubilai Khan: His Life and Times, date=2009-11-02, publisher=Univ of California Press, year=, isbn=978-0-520-26132-7, location=, pages=113–114, language=en] Shiregi actually managed to capture Karakorum in 1277 briefly
but was defeated by
Bayan of the Baarin
Bayan of the Baarin ( Mongolian: Баян; 1236 – January 11, 1295), or Boyan (), was an ethnic Mongol general of the Yuan dynasty of China. He was known to Marco Polo as "Bayan Hundred Eyes" (probably from a confusion with ). He commanded the ar ...
. Shiregi later betrayed Togh-Temür after his defeat by Kublai in 1279 and killed him.
He was soon captured by Sarban, his nephew who delivered him to Kublai in 1282. Khagan exiled him to "an island with very unhealthy climate"
where Shiregi died. His title was given to Sarban while his sons defected to Kaidu. Shiregi had three sons - Ulus Buqa, Töre Temür and Tümen Temür.
References
13th-century Mongolian people
Borjigin
Yuan dynasty generals
Yuan dynasty people
Sons of emperors