El Temür (;
Mongolian:; died 1333) was an ethnic
Kipchak official of the
Yuan dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth ...
. He was behind the coup d'état that installed
Tugh Temür (Emperor Wenzong) as Yuan emperor in the capital
Khanbaliq
Khanbaliq or Dadu of Yuan () was the winter capital of the Yuan dynasty of China in what is now Beijing, also the capital of the People's Republic of China today. It was located at the center of modern Beijing. The Secretariat directly administ ...
in 1328. The restorationists at Khanbaliq won the
War of the Two Capitals
The War of the Two Capitals (), or the Tianli Incident (), was a war of succession that occurred in 1328 in the Yuan dynasty. It was a war of succession fought between the forces based in the Yuan capital Khanbaliq (Dadu, modern Beijing) and the f ...
under the leadership of Tugh Temür and El Temür. After the surrender of
Shangdu
Shangdu (, ), also known as Xanadu (; Mongolian: ''Šandu''), was the summer capital of the Yuan dynasty of China before Kublai decided to move his throne to the former Jin dynasty capital of Zhōngdū () which was renamed Khanbaliq ( presen ...
forces, Tugh Temür abdicated in favour of his brother
Kusala Kusala may refer to:
* Khutughtu Khan Kusala
Khutughtu Khan ( mn, Хутагт хаан; Mongolian script: ; ), born Kuśala (Mongolian: Хүслэн ; , sa, कुशल means virtuous/wholesome), also known by the temple name Mingzong (Emper ...
(Emperor Mingzong) who was backed by Chagatai Khan
Eljigidey
Eljigidey was khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a division of the Mongol Empire in 1326–1329. He was the son of Duwa. After the death of his brother Kebek, Eljigidey took control of the Chagatai Khanate. He was involved in the succession stru ...
and announced Khanbaliq's intent to welcome him. However, Kusala suddenly died only four days after a banquet with Tugh Temür, supposedly killed with poison by El Temür, who purged pro-Kusala officials and brought power to warlords, whose despotic rule marked the decline of the Yuan dynasty.
His daughter,
Danashiri, married
Toghon Temür
Toghon Temür ( mn, Тогоонтөмөр; Mongolian script: ; ; 25 May 1320 – 23 May 1370), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Huizong of Yuan () bestowed by the Northern Yuan dynasty and by his posthumous ...
(Emperor Huizong) and bore him a son but he died when he was a child. El Temür also had a son, Tanggici, who was also an officer.
El Temür became ill and died in 1333 and his children were subsequently murdered by former co-conspirator
Bayan in 1335.
El Temür was the grandson of Yuan general Tutuha (
土土哈 1237-1297).
In popular culture
* Portrayed by
Jeon Gook-hwan Jeon may refer to:
* Jeon (Korean surname)
* Jeon (food), a Korean pancake
* Jeon or chŏn, a subunit of various currencies of the Korean peninsula, including:
** North Korean won
** South Korean won (1945–1953)
** The former Korean won
** The for ...
in 2013–2014 MBC TV series ''
Empress Ki''.
Descendants of Qurusman
[Louis Hambis (1954). Le chapitre CVIII du Yuan che : les fiefs attribués aux membres de la famille impériale et aux ministres de la cour mongole d'après l'histoire chinoise officielle de la dynastie mongole. Monographies du Tʿoung pao, v. 3. Tableau15, généalogie des princes.]
* Qurusman（忽魯速蠻/hūlŭsùmán）
** Baltučaq（班都察/bāndōuchá）
*** （土土哈/Tŭtŭhā; توتقاق/Tūtqāq）
**** Taγačar（塔察兒/tǎcháér）
**** Tai buqa（太不花/Tàibùhuā）
**** （牀兀兒/Chuángwùér; جونكقور/Jūnkqūr）
***** Sevinču buqa（小雲失不花/Xiǎoyúnshī bùhuā）
***** Elči buqa（燕赤不花/yànchì bùhuā）
***** El temür（燕帖木兒/Yàntiēmùér）
****** （唐其勢/Tángqíshì）
****** Taraqai（塔剌海/Tǎlàhǎi）
******
Današiri（答納失里/Dānàshīlǐ）
***** （撒敦/Sādūn）
*****El tuqar（燕禿哈兒/Yàn tūhāér）
*****Dari（答里/Dálǐ）
*****Bübeqan（潑皮罕/Pōpíhǎn）
****Berke buqa（別里不花/Biélǐ bùhuā）
****Temür buqa（帖木兒不花/Tiēmùér bùhuā）
****Qarči（歓差/huānchā）
****Yoliγ temür（岳里帖木兒/Yuèlǐ tiēmùér）
****Dalgurban（断古魯班/Duàngŭlŭbān）
References
13th-century Kipchacks
Yuan dynasty right chancellors
1333 deaths
Year of birth unknown
14th-century Kipchaks
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