Darmabala


Darmabala, also rendered as Dharmapala was an imperial prince of the Yuan dynasty. He was a grandson of Kublai Khan and son of his Crown Prince Zhenjin. He was an ancestor of subsequent Yuan monarchs who came after Temür Khan and Goryeo kings after King Gongmin.

Biography

He was born in 1264 to Zhenjin and his wife Kökejin Khatun as the couple's second son. He was married to Dagi from Khongirad tribe around 1278. After Zhenjin's death on 5 January 1286, Darmabala came to be seen as a strong candidate for the position of heir-apparent by his grandfather and was appointed as commander of the Mongol army in Jeju Island. He was described by Marco Polo as 'rickety'. He was dispatched to Huaizhou by Kublai in 1291, where he fell ill. He was treated in Khanbaliq until 1292 and that is where he died. He was posthumously renamed Emperor Zhaosheng Yanxiao by Külüg Khan and was given the temple name Shunzong.

Family

He had three sons and a daughter from two wives:
  1. Dagi Khatun, posthumously Empress Zhāoxiàn Yuánshèng
  2. * Khayishan, later Külüg Khan
  3. * Ayurbarwada, later Buyantu Khan
  4. *Sengge Ragi of Lu
  5. Concubine Guo
  6. * Amuga — 1st Prince of Wei
  7. ** Aruq — Prince of Xijing
  8. ** Bulu Temür — 2nd Prince of Wei
  9. *** Princess Noguk
  10. ** Naila Buqa
  11. *** Buyan Temür — 3rd Prince of Wei
  12. ** Princess Joguk
  13. ** Bayan Khutag, Princess Gyeonghwa