Buyan Sechen Khan

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Buyan Sechen Khan
Birth and death: 15561604
Family name: Clan Name (Obogh)
Borjigin
Khalkha Mongolian: Боржигин
Chinese: 孛兒只斤
Given name: Buyan
Chinese: 布延
Dates of reign: 15561604
Dynasty: Northern Yuan (北元)
Era name: None
Era dates: 15921604²
Temple name: None
Posthumous name:
(short) 
None
Posthumous name:
(full) 
None Given
General note: Dates given here are in the Julian calendar.
They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.

Buyan Khan (Buyan Sechen Khan1554 - 1604), was the Mongol Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Mongolia and he was the eldest son of Jasaghtu Khan whom he succeeded. During Buyan Khan’s rule, the Mongol Empire once again falling into disarray and although the great khan was recognized as the leader of all Mongols, this was in name only. Buyan Khan even attempted to show what was rumored to be the Heirloom Seal of the Realm to other Mongol clans to legitimatize his rule and ask their support, but this obviously did not come to frutation.

Buyan Sechen Khan
Died: 1592-1604
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Jasaghtu Khan
Khan of the Mongols
1556 - 1604
Succeeded by
Lingdan Khan
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Jasaghtu Khan
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Emperor of Yuan Dynasty
1556-1604
Reason for succession failure:
Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty in 1368
Succeeded by
Lingdan Khan
Wanli Emperor of Ming Dynasty wielded actual authority over China