father dynasty predecessor successor mother birth_place death_date death_place title birth_date article_title name reign
tayisung khan toghtoa bukha northern yuan esen molon khan samar taifu mongolia 1465 mongolia khagan of the mongols 1448 -lrb- ? -rrb- markörgis khan
 markörgis 1455 -- 65
markörgis khan

markörgis -lrb- or markos , marku -rrb- -lrb- 1448 -- 1465 -rrb- was a mongol khan of the northern yuan dynasty based in mongolia .
some scholars believe his name is a christian name .
markörgis was the youngest son of tayisung khan toghtoa bukha and his youngest khatun , samar .
soon after esen was killed , his mother , samar , attacked the four oirads at khangai zavkhan .
during the campaign , 8 year-old markörgis was taken in a box on horseback , thus to be later called Ükegtü khagan .
they defeated the oirads and returned with plundered goods .
after that samar taifu and dogholon taishi of the seven tümeds crowned the boy khagan .
bulay of the kharchin and dogholon held the real power , and constantly fought each other for dominance .
markörgis was given the title Ükegtü because he sat inside a cart during the battles .
bulay tried to open trade relations with ming china but was declined .
bulay repeatedly invaded china in 1460 and 1461 .
he also attacked the uriyangkhai doyin guard -lrb- tributary of the ming -rrb- in the next year .
the ming court finally agreed to establish peace with the mongols .
in 1465 , the mongol nobles openly went to war against each other in their power struggle and markörgis Ükegtü khan was killed as a result .
the young khan was succeeded by his eldest half-brother molon khan tögüs mengke .
