Yuan · Empress and Consort

Buluhan 卜魯罕

First attested AD 1295; died AD 1307

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Overview

Buluhan was an empress and Consort.

PeriodYuan
IdentityHistorical · Female

Life and dates

Death

Attested activity

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Key source chapters

  1. History of Yuan, Chapter 106 Volume 106 Tables 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 passage
  2. History of Yuan, Chapter 114 Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 1 passage
  3. History of Yuan, Chapter 116 Volume 116 Biographies 3: Empresses and Consorts 2 1 passage

Origins and identity

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment though dominating the inner court during Chengzong's late illnesses, trusted Harqasun and helped complete Dade governance; discerning critics still found something to approve · Mode historian-judgment
    Directly stated · History of Yuan 106, passage 23

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 106Volume 106 Tables 1: Empresses and Consorts · 1 passage
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卜魯罕皇后 （伯岳吾氏，勳臣普化之孫，駙馬脫里忽思之女。元貞初立為皇后，大德三年授冊寶。十一年帝崩，武宗立，廢后，徙東安州，尋賜死。成宗晚年多疾，后居中用事，而能信任相臣哈剌哈孫，以卒成大德之治，識者猶有取焉。） 失憐答里元妃 （弘吉列氏，早薨。至大元年追尊諡曰貞慈靜懿皇后，配享成廟。） 乞里吉忽帖尼皇后 Empress Buluhan (Baiyuewu, granddaughter of the meritorious minister Puhua and daughter of the imperial son-in-law Telihusi; made empress at the start of Yuanzhen and invested in 1299; when Temür died in 1307 Külüg deposed her, exiled her to Dong'an, and soon had her executed. Though she dominated the inner court during Temür's late illnesses, she trusted the chief minister Harqasun and helped bring the Dade reign to a stable close—a point critics still acknowledged). Primary Consort Shilian Dali (Kongirat; died young; posthumously titled Empress Zhenci Jingyi in 1308 and enshrined at Chengzong's temple). Empress Qilijihutieni.
History of Yuan, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 · 1 passage
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History of Yuan, Chapter 116Volume 116 Biographies 3: Empresses and Consorts 2 · 1 passage
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