THE PENULTIMATE YUAN EMPERORS - EL TEMÜR'S DICTATORSHIP

After the war of the two capitals, the Yuan dynasty keeps declining under general El Temür's firm dictatorship and his puppet emperor Tugh Temur (Jayaatu Khan)'s reign. Bending to the Mongol laws of succession, Tugh Temur must ceede his throne to his elder brother Khoshila (Khutughtu Khan), though El Temür promptly commits regicide to reclaim power. In his short reign, puppet Tugh Temur focuses his insignificant power on cultural efforts, as the empire faces civil war, natural disasters and famine. Finally, a brief succession crises occurs after his death, and his nephew, the child emperor Rinchinbal succeeds as emperor for less than two months, paving the path for the last Yuan emperor, Toghon Temür.
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Total War Attila - Wanderers of the Steppe
Total War Three Kingdoms - Bitter Winds
Civilization VI - Mongolia Ambient Tovshuur
Mongol Court Music of the Khans
Total War Three Kingdoms - The Calm Before the Storm
Total War Three Kingdoms - End of an Era
Civilization V - Wu Zetian peace theme
Civilization V - Sejong war theme
Total War Attila - Fiddler of the Plains
Total War Three Kingdoms - Shadows of war
Civilization V - Genghis Khan war theme
The Anunnaki Return
Total War Shogun 2 - Stalemate
Total War Shogun 2 - Resolve
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane
= VIDEO CREDITS =
Empress Ki (2013)
再生緣 Eternal Happiness (2002)
= MAIN SOURCES =
The Cambridge History of China - Volume 6 (1994), Denis Twitchett & John King Fairbank
A Short History of the Mongols (2018) George Lane
Art and Politics at the Mongol Court of China: Tugh Temür's Collection of Chinese Paintings (2004) Ankeney Weitz
= TAGS =
Yuan dynasty documentary
decline of the Yuan dynasty
Jayaatu Khan
Khutughtu Khan Kusala
Rinchinbal
History of China
El Temur
Introduction: (0:00)
Context: (00:35)
Tugh Temur's abdication: (02:07)
Khoshila's reign: (03:11)
Tugh Temur's second reign: (05:53)
A lack of legitimacy: (09:05)
El Temür's dictatorship: (10:36)
The last succession crisis: (13:33)
Budashiri's regency: (16:39)
Conclusion: (18:02)

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The Yuan really suffered from bad RNG when it came to premature monarch death. An awesome video as always, can't wait for the Red Turban Rebellion and Zhu YuanZhang.

[@muslokman]

Internecine civil wars caused by a breakdown in the Mongol succession system that was altered by Khublai and too much Kumis caused their early demise.

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[@Darth_Enigma]

The Yuan just can't seem to catch a break. Imagine having two succession crisis, two civil wars, rebellions, Emperors dying early, an unpopular military dictator, and near bankruptcy, all on top of sequential disasters. Then realize all this happened over the course of just two to five years...

[@Sipho_Thenjwayo]

The fact that Kublai Khan outlived his designated heir should tell you all this

[@mimorisenpai8540]

Well if kublai son survived and success become emperor, yuan will last longer.

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@@Sipho_Thenjwayo he pretty into Confucian edict and well educated in Chinese culture like his father. His son Temur too but he less military type ruler.

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@@emersonbouillon Absolutely! Next video will be his life reign, and the collapse of the Yuan dynasty

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Great video!! I'm waiting for the interesting reign of Thogon Temur.

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Brilliant and an education for me of what happened to Pu Yi after his exit from the forbidden city. There was a huge gap between the palace and remoulding i didnt know about. Tje chinese govt was more benevolent towards the imperial family than i realised. After all they were born into that system. Not entirely their fault.

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[@micahistory]

interesting, never knew anything about this part of chinese history

[@markjosephbacho5652]

Wait, so the child emperor we see in the first few episodes of Empress Ki was Rinchinbal then? Toghon Temur's younger sibling?

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Can you make videos about ming dynasty

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That will be the next channel's focus :)

[@CARL_093]

Empress ki gwang yu firmer king of korea bayan and his nephew taltal later died figthing ming dynasty take down el timurs reign and the begining of the end of the yuan dynasty begins

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But What about The "SONG DYNASTY" ?? Do you have any plans about it?

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I won"t tackle it before I cover the Ming dynasty unfortunately, which might take a while. But I do plan to do it some day!

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[@History_of_China]

Hey, sorry for the prolonged silence! I am alive and well but overwhelmed with work. Thankfully I could finish my next video yesterday, it'll be up in the hours to come :)

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Can you please just upload a new video?

[@buddhidev7877]

Many areas in your map were actually just the vassal state which had their own kings/ leaders, not directly governed by the Mongil officials.

[@nicbahtin4774]

damn the YUAN emperors drop like fly's no one can reach the elder years after Kublai

[@History_of_China]

The average lifespan in the Yuan imperial lineage was infamously short. Alcohol abuse is pointed out as an important cause of this!

[@mimorisenpai8540]

​@@History_of_ChinaGenghisid in general have short lifespan.

[@RailEngineer2345]

Please made the last part of the yuan dynasty

[@History_of_China]

Coming up!

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Hey Markus, no worries at all :) The current rhythm is tough but I won't stop this channel for quite some years! Thanks for staying stuned despite my silence

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[@theopulentone1650]

17:50 I laughed at this part. It's just that... you played the festive coronation music only for him to die. Poor little guy.

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Can’t wait until we get to the White Lotus!

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[@nulnoh219]

The throne seem cursed for them... Heavens mandate recinded.

[@allenwong2219]

That's why the emperor need concubines and should have more sons.

[@shinsenshogun900]

Long united, the Mongols divide Long divided, the Han must unite

[@josiahmodaff6406]

First

[@TheKeithvidz]

8:55 I share her smile.

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Not to mention climate change that was instrumental to the decline of the great Yuan.

[@CaptainGrimes1]

First comment 😁