Regency of Oghul Qaimish

Timeline

1. 1246–1248Karakorum · Mongolian PlateauAfter Güyük's accession Oghul Qaimish co-ruled with her husband, cultivating power at court, continuing Ögedei-line control of the imperial center, and participating in checks on the princes.
2. 1248–1251Karakorum · Mongolian PlateauAfter Güyük died of illness Oghul Qaimish, as empress dowager, monopolized government, issued coinage bearing her own name, delayed convening a kurultai, and attempted to enthroned Ögedei's grandson Shiremün (son of Köchü) as khan, provoking joint opposition from Tolui's line and Batu.
3. 1251Qo'a Aral · Mongolian PlateauAfter Möngke was elected great khan at a kurultai in 1251, Oghul Qaimish and her followers were executed on charges including sorcery, Ögedei-line princes were purged, and the regency era came to a complete end.