Budashiri | |
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Empress consort of the Yuan dynasty and Khatun of Mongols | |
Tenure | 16 October 1328 – 26 February 1329 |
Predecessor | Babukhan |
Successor | Babusha |
Tenure | 8 September 1329 – 2 September 1332 |
Predecessor | Babusha |
Successor | Daliyetemishi |
Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty | |
Tenure | 2 September 1332 — 19 July 1333 |
Predecessor | Empress Dowager Babukhan |
Successor | Empress Dowager Lü (in Ming) |
Grand Empress Dowager of the Yuan dynasty | |
Tenure | 19 July 1333 – c. 1340 |
Predecessor | Grand Empress Dowager Dagi |
Successor | Grand Empress Dowager Zhang (in Ming) |
Born | c. 1307 |
Died | c. 1340 |
Spouse | Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür |
Issue | Aratnadara El Tegüs Taipingna |
House | Khongirad |
Father | Diwabala |
Mother | Sengge Ragi of Lu |
Budashiri or Buddhashiri (Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠳᠢᠰᠢᠷᠢ, Budashri, Sinicized as Putashali, 卜答失里) (born c. 1307 – died c. 1340) was Empress of China and Khatun of Mongols as the wife of Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür.[1] She acted as an interim regent and was the prominent figure of the Yuan dynasty between 1332 and 1339; she was interim regent after the death of her husband and the election of his successor in 1332-1333, and then regent during the minority of his successor in 1333-1339.
She came from the Khongirad clan.[2] Her father was Prince Consort Diwabala, Prince of Lu, and her mother was Princess Supreme Sengge Ragi of Lu.[3]