Qaïdu

Qaïdu is a Mongolian lord, chief of the house of Ögödei, claiming under large Khan in competition with Kubilai Khan.

Qaïdu, cousin of Kubilai, join with Ariq-bögè in its fight against his/her Kubilai brother between 1261 and 1264.

It estimates that the house of Tolui which holds the capacity troubles only about the businesses of the China and which the Eastern conquests benefit only the Mongolian leaders living in China and which with the Chinese and Korean lords rejoined. The lords of the Mongolian territory, pertaining for the majority to the house of Ögödei, feel excluded from the political power and the richness related to the exploitation of the conquered countries. They want to reinstall the capital with Karakorum and to relieve Kubilai, culprit to have broken with the ancestral habits, and to extend the sovereignty of the central field on all the oulous .

Qaïdu, which reigns around the river Imil and of the mountains Tarbagataï, is turned initially against the house of Djaghataï. Of 1267 with 1269, with the assistance of the khan Kiptchak Mengü Temür, it overcomes Barak and drives out it Ili and area of Kachgar. Its consolidated capacity, it takes the title of emperor.

In 1269, Qaïdu makes peace overtures in Barak. This last receives the Transoxiane and recognizes the suzerainty of Qaïdu, which founds its empire in the valley of Ili and with the Eastern Turkestan. Qaïdu sends its new vassal to fight Abaqa, it-qan of Iran, with order to remove the Afghanistan to him.

In 1275, Kubilai sends against Qaïdu its fourth wire, Nomoukan. Two princes of the imperial family, dissatisfied, join in Qaïdu, which benefits from the situation and walk on Karakorum, in Mongolia (1277). Kubilai then sends its best general to him, Bayan, which succeeds has to beat the coalition of the Mongolian princes revolted with a many army and Chinese and Korean auxiliary troops. Qaïdu is withdrawn in the area of the Irtych.

In 1287, Qaïdu form again a coalition of Mongolian princes against Kubilai. It joins together the nestorien Nayan, descendant of Témugué-otchigin, Chinkour, grandson of Kassar and Kadaun, descendant of Katchioun, another brother of Gengis Khan. The princes Gengiskhanides threaten the Eastern Mongolia and the Mandchourie while Qaïdu, party of the Turkestan, walk on Karakorum. Kubilai again sends Bayan, which occupies Karakorum while waiting for Qaïdu. Yisutemur, grandson of Boortchou noïon share in Mandchourie with a powerful army, supplied by a Chinese fleet by the mouth of the Liao Ho. The coalition of Mandchourie is overcome with difficulty. Nayan, captive fact, will be strangled in 1288. Qaïdu must give up its ambitions to restore the capacity with the branch of Ögödei, but succeeds in keeping its position in the oulous of Djaghataï.

After the death of Kubilaï, Qaïdu tries a new offensive in Mongolia in 1301. It is beaten by Tèmur, wire of Kubilai, and dies close to Karakorum. His/her son Djeper, the last khan of the branch of Ögödei, reigns on the Eastern Turkestan until in 1309.

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