Dagi Khatun
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| Dagi Khatun | |||||
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| Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty | |||||
| Tenure | 1 June 1307 – 1 March 1320 | ||||
| Predecessor | Empress Dowager Kökejin | ||||
| Successor | Empress Dowager Radnashiri | ||||
| Grand Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty | |||||
| Tenure | 19 April 1320 – 1 November 1322 | ||||
| Predecessor | Xie Daoqing (in Southern Song dynasty) | ||||
| Successor | Grand Empress Dowager Budashiri | ||||
| Born | c. 1262 | ||||
| Died | November 1, 1322 (aged 59–60) | ||||
| Spouse | Darmabala | ||||
| Issue | Külüg Khan Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan | ||||
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| House | Khongirad | ||||
| Father | Kundu Temür | ||||
| Religion | Buddhist | ||||
Dagi (Mongolian: Тажи хатан, ᠲᠠᠵᠢ; Chinese: 答己; pinyin: Dájǐ), also rendered as Taji and Tagi, was a Mongol noblewoman who later became empress dowager and grand empress dowager of China's Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. She was the mother of Külüg Khan (Emperor Wuzong) and Buyantu Khan (Emperor Renzong).
Her early life is unknown. She was from Khongirad clan, daughter of Kundu Temür, niece of Chabi and Nambui. She was married to Darmabala, son of Zhenjin, Crown Prince of Yuan around 1278.[1] After Darmabala's death in 1292, she was forced to raise her sons alone, allying herself to Kökejin, widow of Zhenjin. She came into conflict with Empress Bulughan, widow of Temür Khan in 1306. Bulugan attempted to set up Muslim Ananda, son of Manggala as new khagan and exiled Dagi and his son Ayurbarwada to Huaizhou.[1] Her alliance was supported by some senior officials of the Secretariat under Aqutai. Ananda was a popular prince who successfully protected the provinces of the Yuan against the Ögedeid and Chaghatayid armies and had a bulk of the imperial army under him in Anxi. But he lacked military power in the imperial capital city and was a Muslim contrary to the majority of the Buddhist and Tengriist Mongols. The Khongirad faction in court was alarmed by it and under the leadership of Khayishan and his 30,000 strong army, they arrested Ananda and Bulugan in a coup and recalled Ayurbarwada and Dagi Khatun from Henan. Then Khayishan decided to hold the coronation ceremony in Shangdu just as his great-grandfather Khubilai Khan did, and advanced southward with the most part of his army. He was welcomed by Ayurbarwada, who gave up temporary khanship, and ascended to the throne. They executed Ananda, Bulugan and their retainers in 1307.
