Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty)
| Taiding Emperor of Yuan 元泰定帝 ᠶᠢᠰᠦᠨᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ | |||||||||||||||||
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| 10th Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Nominal due to the empire's division) Emperor of China (6th Emperor of the Yuan dynasty) | |||||||||||||||||
| Emperor of the Yuan dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | October 4, 1323 – August 15, 1328 | ||||||||||||||||
| Coronation | October 4, 1323 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Gegeen Khan Shidebala | ||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Ragibagh Khan | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1293 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | August 15, 1328 (aged 34) Shangdu, Yuan China | ||||||||||||||||
| Empress | Empress Babukhan of Khongirad clan (m.?–1328) | ||||||||||||||||
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| House | Borjigin | ||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Yuan | ||||||||||||||||
| Father | Gammala | ||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Buyan Kelmish of the Khongirad | ||||||||||||||||
Yesün Temür (Mongolian: Есөн Төмөр ᠶᠢᠰᠦᠨ ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ; Chinese: 也孫鐵木兒, 1293 – August 15, 1328) was a great-grandson of Kublai Khan and an emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China from 1323 to 1328. Apart from being Emperor of China, he is regarded as the 10th Khagan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire. In Chinese historiography, Yesün Temür, who was very fond of the traditional ways of the Mongols, is commonly known as the Taiding Emperor of Yuan (Chinese: 元泰定帝) based on his first era name. His name means "nine iron" in the Mongolian language.
He was probably the emperor visited by the Franciscan friar Odoric, who left an excellent record of his travels.