Dayan Khan, born Batumongke was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1480 to 1517.
20 Facts About Dayan Khan
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Dayan Khan eliminated Oirat power and abolished the taishi system used by both local and foreign warlords.
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Dayan Khan's paternal grandmother, Sechen, was a daughter of Esen Tayshi of the Oirats.
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Under Dayan Khan they reached a new level of organization.
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Dayan Khan intended to maintain good relations with Ming dynasty at first.
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Dayan Khan's envoys were sent to sign open-trade contract with gifts, but one of them was killed by the Ming court, so he launched military expeditions into the Ming China.
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Dayan Khan allied with the Monggoljins under Toloogen and Khooshai of Ordos.
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Barely escaping the Ming attack, Dayan Khan relocated to the Kherlen River, yet large-scale raids all along the frontier continued through 1507.
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Dayan Khan dispatched to the Tumens his sons Ulusbaikh and Barsubolad Sainalag.
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In revenge, Dayan Khan attacked the Three Right Wing Tumens with his three Left Wing Tumens, the Khorchin and the Abagha.
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Dayan Khan dispersed the rebel Uriankhais among other 5 tumens.
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Dayan Khan exempted his soldiers from imposts and made them Darqan.
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Dayan Khan's Mongols numbering up to 175,000 invaded the Ming Empire in 1514 and 1517.
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Dayan Khan's sons established a series of permanent bases along the Ming border where the Mongols could keep watch on the Ming troops.
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Batumongke Dayan Khan repeatedly sought trade relation with the Ming, but rejection turned him more and more to outright warfare.
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The high point of Mongol power came in 1517, when Dayan Khan moved on Beijing itself.
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In 1542, Dayan Khan defeated Ming troops just before his death.
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Dayan Khan reorganized the Eastern Mongols into 6 tumens as follows:.
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Dayan Khan is an important background character in the historical novel "Manduchai", written by German Author Tanja Kinkel in 2014.
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Dayan Khan appeared as a background character in the historical drama "Marco Polo" on Season 2 Episode 11, written John Fusco and Lorenzo Richelmy in 2016.