Dayan Khan

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Batumöngke Dayan Khan
Khan of the Mongols
Reign	1470 – 1517
Full name	Batumöngke
Born	1464
Birthplace	Mongolia
Died	1543
Place of death	Mongolia
Successor	Ulusbold Turbold Bodi-Alag Gerbold Ochirbold Arbold Gersenz
Consort	Mandukhai
Wives	Khusei Jimisgene others
Royal House	Borjigin
Father	Bayanmöngke (Mongolian: Баянмөнх жонон)
Mother	Siker Taiko (Mongolian: Сихэр Тайхо хатан)

Batumöngke Dayan Khan (Mongolian: Батмөнх Даян Хаан) (given name: Batumöngke; 1464-1543), was a Mongol Khan who reconstructed the Mongol Empire.

Son of Bayanmöngke Jinong, he was orphaned at age five. Later he was adopted by Mandukhai Khatun, the wife of Manduulun Khan who died in 1467. As a direct descendant of Kublai Khan, she had him ascend to the throne. When he was aged nineteen, she married him, and retained great influence over court and military. They reunified the Mongol retainers of the Yuan Dynasty. The Oirats were defeated and control reclaimed over the Eastern Mongols.

Ibrai taishi of kharchin, who was a leader of western mongolia murdered Batmongke's son Ulsbold. In revenge, Dayan khan attacked western mongolia without success due to Uriankhais defected to Ibrai.

Batmongke wanted to maintain good relations with Ming Dynasty. His envoy who was sent to sign open-trade contract was killed by chinese emperor. That is why, he launched military expedition into Ming dynasty.

Few years later, he invaded western mongolia again and crushed kharchin and uriankhai rebels and killed western mongolian nobles.

And he proclamied himself Dayan or Great khan. According to one mongolian source, during the era of Batmunkh and his khatun Maundukhai, mongols were peaceful.

His sons were made tribal chiefs. Many princes in Mongolia were his descendants such as Altan khan and Lingdan Khan.

He reorganized the Mongols by tümen (literally "ten thousand") as follows.

Left Wing: Khalkha, Chahar and Uriankhai
Right Wing: Ordos, Tümed and Yöngshiyebü
Others: Ongligud, Öjiyed, Asud and Harchin

Dayan Khan and his successors led the Chahar tümen directly. Chinese scholars of Ming Dynasty considered him as holy emperor who restored former glory of Mongol Empire.

Altan Khan was his grandson.

Dayan Khan House of Borjigin (Боржигин) (1206-1517) Died: 1470-1517
Regnal titles
Preceded by Manduulun Khan	Khan of the Mongols 1470 - 1517	Succeeded by Bars Bolud Jinong
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Manduulun Khan	— TITULAR — Emperor of Yuan Dynasty 1470-1517 Reason for succession failure: Ming Dynasty overthrew the Yuan Dynasty in 1368	Succeeded by Bars Bolud Jinong Zhengde Emperor of Ming Dynasty wielded actual authority over China