Dayan Khan
Emperor of the Northern Yuan Dynasty
Years: 1464 - 1517
Dayan Khan (given name: Batumöngke; 1464–1517) is a Mongol khan who reunites the Mongols under Chinggisid supremacy in the Northern Yuan dynasty based in Mongolia.
His reigning title, "Dayan", means the "Great Yuan", as he enthrones himself as Great Khan of the Great Yuan, though the Yuan dynasty, the principal khanate of the Mongol Empire, had already been overthrown by the Chinese Ming dynasty a century earlier (1368).
Dayan Khan and his queen, Mandukhai, eliminate Oirat power and abolish the taishi system used by both local and foreign warlords.
Dayan Khan's victory at Dalan Tergin reunifies the Mongols and solidifies their corporate identity as Chinggisid people.
His decision to divide the Six tumens of Eastern Mongolia as fiefs for his sons creates decentralized but stable Borjigin rule over Mongolia for a century.
