Ahmad (阿合馬) | 24 Histories

Overview

Ahmad was an official and Statesman.

Life and dates

Death

Killed by bandits · Cause Assassination
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passages 126-127
AD 1282 至元十九年三月
killed by rebels in the capital 盜起京師所殺
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 113
AD 1282 至元十九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 177, passage 5

Attested activity

AD 1282 至元十九年三月
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 203, passage 113
AD 1281 to AD 1282 至元十八年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 115, passages 125-126
AD 1282 至元十九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 177, passage 5
AD 1270 to AD 1282 時阿合馬專政
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 155
AD 1270 to AD 1282 阿合馬顓政十年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 207

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Career and standing

monopolized government 顓政
AD 1270 to AD 1282 顓政十年 · Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 207
Left Chancellor 左丞相
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 177, passage 5
wielder of great state power 擅國重柄
Held
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 125
Held
Monopolized state power
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 125
Held
Sole power
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 155

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 125; History of Yuan 174, passage 207; History of Yuan 177, passage 5; History of Yuan 193, passage 155
Polity Id yuan · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 203, passage 113

Events and relationships

Demanded compensation from boatmen
Legal · Accuser
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 155
Killed
AD 1282 至元十九年三月 · Assassination · Victim · At capital 京師
Directly stated · History of Yuan 203, passage 113
Posted out in anger
Political · Patron turned rival · With Helapuhua (合剌普華)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passage 159
Posthumous investigation of remaining associates
AD 1282 至元十九年 · Legal · Deceased principal · With Emperor Shizu (世祖)
Dated from the passage context · History of Yuan 177, passage 5
Summoned and killed by bandits impersonating crown prince
Assassination · Victim
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 126
Relation Feared · Person Crown Prince (太子)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 126

Assessments and attributes

Assessment guilty of treachery and fraud · Assessor Person Id Emperor Shizu (世祖) · Mode named-person-judgment Speaker Emperor Shizu (世祖)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 177, passage 5
Assessment monopolized power; kin and flatterers rose suddenly to high office · Mode named-source-report Speaker An'tong (安童)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 207
Assessment treacherous and wicked · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Yuan 115, passage 125

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 174, passage 207; History of Yuan 177, passage 5
Value historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 193, passages 155, 159

References in the histories

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 115Volume 115 Biographies 2: Ruizong, Yuzong, Xianzong, Shunzong · 3 passages

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時阿合馬擅國重柄，太子惡其奸惡，未嘗少假顏色。 At that time Ahmad monopolized state power. The crown prince detested his wickedness and never showed him a pleasant face.

盜知阿合馬所畏憚者，獨太子爾，因為偽太子，夜入京城，召而殺之。 Bandits knew Ahmad feared only the crown prince. They impersonated the crown prince, entered the capital by night, summoned Ahmad, and killed him.

及和禮霍孫入相，太子曰：「阿合馬死於盜手，汝任中書，誠有便國利民者，毋憚更張。 When Helühuosun became chief minister, the crown prince said, "Ahmad died at the hands of bandits. You hold the Secretariat. If there are measures that truly benefit the state and the people, do not fear to change what exists.

History of Yuan, Chapter 174Volume 174 Biographies 61: Yao Sui, Guo Guan, Jia Guzhiqi, Liu Geng, Ye Luyoushang, Hao Tianting, Zhang Kongsun · 1 passage

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至元二十二年，安童復入相，言於帝曰：「阿合馬顓政十年，親故迎合者，往往驟進，據顯位； In the twenty-second year of Zhiyuan (1285) An'tong returned to the chancellorship and told the emperor: "For ten years Ahmad monopolized power; his kin and flatterers rose overnight to high office;

History of Yuan, Chapter 177Volume 177 Biographies 64: Zhang Siming, Wu Yuangui, Zhang Sheng, Zang Mengjie, Chen Hao · 1 passage

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左丞相阿合馬既死，世祖追咎其奸欺，命尚書簿問遺孽。 After the Left Chancellor Ahmad was dead, Kublai held him accountable for his deceit and ordered the Secretariat to investigate and record his remaining associates.

History of Yuan, Chapter 193Volume 193 Biographies 80: Loyal and Righteous Acts 1 · 2 passages

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時阿合馬專政，責償舟人。 Ahmad then held sole power and demanded that the boatmen make good the loss.

阿合馬憤之，乃出合剌普華為寧海路達魯花赤，後遷江西宣慰使，未至官，改廣東都轉運鹽使，兼領諸番市舶。 Ahmad, furious, posted Helapuhua as darughachi of Ninghai Circuit. He was later transferred to Jiangxi pacification commissioner, but before taking office was reassigned as Guangdong chief salt transport commissioner, with oversight of foreign maritime trade.

History of Yuan, Chapter 203Volume 203 Biographies 90: Medicine and Divination, Arts and Crafts · 1 passage

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十九年三月，盜果起京師，殺阿合馬等。 In March 1282 rebels did arise in the capital and killed Ahmad and others.