Tĭuŋ

Tĭuŋ (遜) was the second Mongolian governor to Khusqaikama. Tĭuŋ was an Arab from presumably the Baghdad area. He was more or less 'promoted away' from a function in China and was governor of Khusqaikama from 1251 until his death in 1282. His original Arabian name is unknown, but being a pious Muslim, he had named himself 遜, pronounced 'Tĭuŋ' in Khusqaian, and meaning 'humble, modest, yield'. Tĭuŋ's impact on Khusqaikama was twofold. Firstly, he was trained in (Aristotelian) logic and some other elemental Arabian philosophical ideas that were commonly taught at Madrasahs at that time, and he introduced some of this to Khusqaian monks and bureaucrats. Secondly, when the Mongol empire attacked Japan in 1274 and 1281, he managed to convince Kublai Khan's representatives of the inability of the Khusqaian military resulting in a Khusqaian contribution to those two attacks of only one ship. (And in both cases that ship and its crew was lost.)

personal life

Tĭuŋ married a (much) younger sister of king Ruŋaśxa (侖朝) soon after becoming governor, and they had their first child, a daughter, a few years later (in 1254). At the age of 13, that daughter became the wife of crown prince (later king) Iisaraq (義道), the oldest son of Ruŋaśxa and had her first child, a son, two years later. That child, Iisaśtär (義哲), Tĭuŋ's grandson, would become the last king of the Old Qĭaŋ dynasty.

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