| Emperor Yingzong of Yuan 元英宗 Gegeen Khan 格堅汗 ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th Khagan of the Mongol Empire (Nominal due to the empire's division) Emperor of China (5th Emperor of the Yuan dynasty) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Emperor of the Yuan dynasty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reign | April 19, 1320 – September 4, 1323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coronation | April 19, 1320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Yesün Temür | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 22, 1302 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 4, 1323 (aged 21) Nanpo, Yuan China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Empress | Empress Sugabal of Ikires clan (m.?–1323) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| House | Borjigin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Yuan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | Ayurbarwada Buyantu Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Radnashiri of the Khunggirat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gegeen Khan (Mongolian: Гэгээн хаан; Mongol script: ᠭᠡᠭᠡᠨ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨ; Shidebal Gegegen qaγan; Chinese: 格堅汗), born Shidibala (ᠰᠢᠳᠡᠪᠠᠯᠠ; 碩德八剌), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Yingzong of Yuan (Chinese: 元英宗; February 22, 1302 – September 4, 1323), was an emperor of the Yuan dynasty of China. Apart from Emperor of China, he is regarded as the ninth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire. His personal name "Shidibala" (शुद्ध पाल्) in Sanskrit means "purity protection" and his regnal name "Gegeen Khan" means "enlightened/bright khan" in the Mongolian language.
Early in his short reign, the Khunggirat faction played a key role in the Yuan court. When his grandmother Dagi (Targi) and the grand councillor Temuder died in 1322, his opponents seemed to have triumphed. Despite the Emperor's aim to reform the government based on the Confucian principles, Temuder's faction linked up with the Alan guard and assassinated the emperor in 1323. This was the first violent transition struggle in the Yuan dynasty's history, which is also known as the Coup d'état at Nanpo (南坡之變), that an emperor was overthrown by a group led by a non-Borjigin.