Esen Buqa

Type Figure Region Chagatai Khanate Time c. 1265–1318 Also known as Esen Buqa Khan

Esen Buqa (c. 1265–1318) was khan of the Chagatai Khanate, reigning 1309–1318;…

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1309–1310Almaliq · Chagatai KhanateIn 1309 Esen Buqa took the throne after the successive deaths of Duwa and Kebek, breaking the peace that had followed the 1306 reconciliation of the khans. In 1309–1310 he clashed with the Yuan along the Hami and northwestern Gansu frontiers, questioned Yuan authority over the northwestern princes, and sought to expand the Chagatai Khanate's influence in the Tarim and Hexi Corridor. During this period, from the late reign of Chengzong Temür to the accession of Wuzong Haishan, the Yuan court adjusted its response to the northwestern situation accordingly.

Esen Buqa I — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Esen-Buqa-I
The Cambridge History of China, Volume 6: Alien Regimes and Border States, 907–1368 — Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett (1994)