Köke Temür

Köke Temür (simplified Chinese: 扩廓帖木尔; traditional Chinese: 擴廓帖木爾; died 1375), also known as Wang Baobao (Chinese: 王保保), was a Bayad general of the Yuan dynasty. He was variously said to be from a Bayad Mongol tribe. Before he was given the Mongolian name by the Yuan court in the early 1360s, he was known by his Chinese name as Wang Baobao.

He was lived in Henan province. His father is Sayinchi lord was either of Bayad Mongol tribesman. His mother was either of Naiman or Uyghur origin, and the sister of Chaghan Temür. Köke Temür was adopted by his maternal uncle Chaghan Temür, a Turkic pro-Mongol warlord who fought against the Red Turban Rebellion. When his uncle died in war in Shandong in 1362, he succeeded Chaghan Temür's post and corps, and soon demonstrated military talent in battles with the Red Turban Rebels in Shandong.

He intensified a feud with Bolad Temür a Datong-based warlord, and entered Taiyuan to confront him. He took the side of Crown Prince Ayushiridar against the faction of Toghun Temur Khan in a factional dispute in Dadu since Bolad Temür supported the anti-crown prince faction.

In 1364, Bolad Temür advanced from Datong on Dadu and seized the reins of the central government under the khan. Crown Prince Ayushiridar fled to Taiyuan to seek support from Köke Temür. The Crown Prince struck back with Köke Temür, and Bolad Temür was betrayed when Köke Temür attacked Dadu in 1365. He reinstated the Crown Prince, and was appointed as vice minister of the Secretariat and the king of Henan in return. However, this conflict helped Zhu Yuanzhang rise into power in southern China.

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