Esen (Mongolian: Эсэн; Mongol script: ᠡᠰᠡᠨ; Chinese: 也先) (1407–1454), was a powerful Oirat taishi and the de facto ruler of the Northern Yuan dynasty...

Khan of Moghulistan Esen Taishi, 15th-century Oirat leader of Northern Yuan dynasty Aydin Esen (born 1962), Turkish composer Barış Esen (born 1986), Turkish...

called Ming Lak, where the Khan, having been seized, was led before Esen Taishi. Esen Taishi felt that if Uwais Khan really was a descendant of Genghis Khan...

"whole". Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that Taisun Khan, Esen Taishi, Manduul Khan, and Ligdan Khan had also used the "Great Yuan" dynastic...

to Esen Taishi's family. Uwais died in 1429. Two factions supporting his two sons Yunus Khan and Esen Buqa II quarreled over the throne with Esen Buqa...

suggestion, Yingzong personally led the army against the Mongol army of Esen Taishi. Unfortunately, at the Battle of Tumu Fortress, the Ming army was defeated...

Toghan's son Esen Taishi a taishi, and his younger brother Agbarjin a jinong.[citation needed] During the reign of Taisun Khan, Esen Taishi subjugated the...

Zhen, personally led the army to battle against the Mongolian army of Esen Taishi. However, in the Battle of Tumu Fortress, the Ming army was defeated...

ruler of the Northern Yuan, Esen, captured the Emperor Yingzong of Ming on September 1, 1449. In July 1449, Esen Taishi launched a large-scale, three-pronged...

1448 the Oirats under Esen Taishi occupied Kara Del in Hami. Moghulistan, under Ali (known as Yunus Khan), then seized Hami from Esen in 1473. Ali was driven...

jinong over his ulus in 1433. When Toghtoa Bukha attempted to eliminate Esen Taishi's influence at the court, the Oirats offered Agbarjin the throne of khaganship...

tightened under his successor Esen Taishi. Mongolia was effectively unified under the power of the Oirat Taishi. Esen Taishi led active diplomatic exchanges...

by the Ming dynasty, Esen Taishi of the Northern Yuan led an invasion against the Ming dynasty in the year 1449. In September, Esen was victorious in the...

King Tang of Shang (1675–1646 BCE) through Jizi. The fourth was the Esen Taishi lineage added through Bayanmunkh Jonon's mother Tsetseg Khatan which...

Erdeni Batur, founder of the Dzungar Khanate, Galdan was a descendant of Esen Taishi, the powerful Oirat Khan of the Northern Yuan dynasty who united all...

known as the Northern Yuan dynasty. Although the throne was usurped by Esen Taishi of the Oirats in 1453, he was overthrown in the next year. A recovery...

descendant of Ögedei Tayisung Khan Toghtoa Bukha (1433–1452) Agbarjin (1453) Esen taishi – the leader of the Oirats (1453–1454) – non-Chingisid Markörgis Khan...

Elbeg Khan (r.1392–1399), and enslaved Bahamu's son (the future Toghan taishi). Although Adai Khan’s authority did not fully reach western Mongols who...

The Oirats held sway over the Northern Yuan khans until the death of Esen Taishi in 1455, after which they migrated west due to Khalkha Mongol aggression...

Zhengtong Emperor is captured by Esen Taishi 23 September Zhu Qiyu becomes the Jingtai Emperor 27 October Esen Taishi lays siege to Beijing but fails to...

campaign against them. The greatest ruler of the Oirat Confederacy was Esen Taishi; he led the Oirats from 1438 to 1454, a time in which he unified Mongolia...

khans of the Northern Yuan dynasty. When he died in 1438, his son Esen became a taishi. The Oirats had close relations with Moghulistan and Hami where the...

The Oirats held sway over the Northern Yuan khans until the death of Esen Taishi in 1455, after which they migrated west due to Khalkha Mongol aggression...

Agbarjin (孛兒只斤·阿噶多爾濟 Bó'érjìjǐn Āgáduō'ěrjì) 1453 Esen Taishi (Leader of the Oirats; usurper) Choros Esen (綽羅斯·也先 Chuòluósī Yěxiān) 1454–1455 Mahakörgis...

emperor of Northern Yuan Tianyuan (添元, 1453–1457), era name used by Esen Taishi, ruler of Northern Yuan Tian Yuan (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

Mongols there. Soon after the Tumu incident in 1449, when the Oirat ruler Esen taishi captured the Chinese emperor, Mongols flooded south from Outer Mongolia...

Dzungar Khanate. In 1455 other Oirat tribes overthrew the Choros Khan, Esen Taishi, who had enthroned himself Khagan of the Mongols. About 1620 the Choros...

Oirat (complete list) – Batula, leader (1399–1408) Togoon Taishi, leader (1408–1438) Esen, leader (1438–1454) Amasanj, leader (1454–1455) Ishtömör (Ush-Temür)...

However, shortly after the Tumu incident in 1449, when the Oirat ruler Esen taishi defeated the Ming forces and captured the Emperor Yingzong of Ming, Mongols...

Oirat leader Esen Taishi captured the Zhengtong Emperor of the Ming dynasty. Esen Taishi tried to force the Zhengtong Emperor to marry Esen's sister in a...