Temür Khan

Temür Khan

Temür Öljeytü Khan (Mongolian: Өлзийт Төмөр, romanized: Ölziit Tömör; Middle Mongolian: ᠥᠯᠵᠡᠶᠢᠲᠦ ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ, Öljeyitü Temür), born Temür (also spelled Timur, Mongolian: Төмөр, October 15, 1265 – February 10, 1307), also known by the temple name Chengzong (Emperor Chengzong of Yuan; Chinese: 元成宗; pinyin: Yuán Chéngzōng; Wade–Giles: Yüan2 Ch'eng2-tsung1) was the second emperor of the Yuan dynasty, ruling from May 10, 1294 to February 10, 1307. Apart from Emperor of China, he is considered as the sixth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire or Mongols, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire. He was an able ruler of the Yuan, and his reign established the patterns of power for the next few decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Temür Khan has received more than 1,180,347 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia. Temür Khan is the 1,741st most popular politician (down from 833rd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from China (down from 59th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Chinese Politician.

Temür Khan was the grandson of Genghis Khan, and the great-grandson of Ögedei Khan. He became the first emperor of the Yuan dynasty in 1271. He is most famous for being the first emperor of the Yuan dynasty.