Bolad provided valuable information to Rashid-al-Din Hamadani to write about the Mongols.
18 Facts About Bolad
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Bolad was ennobled by Emperor Renzong of Yuan as Duke of Ze in 1311 and Prince of Yongfeng in 1313, posthumously.
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Bolad was born in the Dorben tribe and his father, Jurghi, who was a ba'urchi, attached to the palace of Genghis Khan's wife Borte.
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In 1248, the prince Kublai ordered the Han scholar Zhang Dehui to tutor Dorji, his eldest son, and Bolad, who was probably a child of seven or eight years.
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Bolad led a military contingent in 1264 to suppress Chinese rebels in Shandong.
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Bolad served as judge in the sensitive case of Ariq Boke.
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Bolad later worked in the Censorate as censor in chief from 1275 but was forced to resign in 1277 in favor of more older Oz Temur.
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Bolad later succeeded him in 1271 under the orders of Kublai, to which appointment Antong protested, claiming censorate and directorate are incompatible posts, to which Kublai didn't listen.
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Later Bolad was appointed to investigate Ahmad Fanakati same year.
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Bolad informed Kublai of Ahmad's misdeeds, which paved the way for execution of Ahmad's associates.
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Bolad was sent to the Ilkhanate in Persia soon after Arghun enthroned in 1285.
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Bolad gave imperial seal, jarlig and crown to the new Ilkhan.
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Bolad's sons served the Yuan government while he had a big influence in Ilkhanate court.
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Bolad was instrumental in appointing his favorite Afrasiab I as Hazaraspid atabeg of Luristan instead of his elder brother Ahmad in 1288, as well as execution of Malik Jalal al-Din, an associate of Buqa in 1289.
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Bolad intermediated between Baydu and Ghazan, when the latter became the new Ilkhan in 1295.
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Under Oljeitu, Bolad achieved great influence as chingsang and agha.
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Bolad was responsible for logistical support system during the Gilan campaign in 1307.
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Bolad was posthumously created Prince of Yongfeng by Ayurbarwada.