Gersenji Khongtaiji of the Jalayir

Gersenji (1513-1549) (Mongolian: Гэрсэнз жалайр хунтайж) (also known as Gersenji Jalair Khongtaiji) - alternately Geressandsa (Geressandsa Jelair Khuntaidshi)[1] - was the 11th and youngest son of Dayan Khan and the second son with Jimsgene khatun. A descendant of the Jalayir tribe, Gersenji was named by his father as chief of the Khalkha Mongol tümen in northern Mongolia, which he ruled from the 1510s until his death in 1549.

  1. ^ Howorth, Henry (1876). History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century. National Central Library of Florence: Longmans, Green. p. 456.