Rinchinbal Khan, Emperor Ningzong of Yuan

Irinchinbal (Ch Bèi'érzhījīn Yìlínzhìbān ,孛 儿 只 斤 懿 璘 质 班, * May 1, 1326; † December 14, 1332 in Beijing) was the son Qutugku Khan an emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. He reigned only in 1332.

Irinchinbal was the second son of Qutugku Khan and a younger (half) brother of Toghan Timur. He was born of Babusha from the Naimanclan, while his father stayed in Central Asia in exile.

As Qutugku Khan died, Toqa Timur followed him (r. 1328/29, 1329-32 ) on the throne, the young Irinchinbal was raised to the Prince of Fu. Although Toqa Timur had a son named El Tegüs own, but when he died in 1332, his widow Putashali decided to respect his last will and use Irinchibal instead of Prince El Tegüs as the new Khan.

The de facto regent El Temür supported this decision only hesitantly and stood explicitly against Qutugku Khan's elder son Timur Toghan because it suspected him of having poisoned his father. Since Irinchinbal was the favorite of Toqa Timur, the Regent El Temür to enthrone the boy as the new Khan decided. But just two months later Irinchinbal died unexpectedly in his seventh year.

Again, the Regent asked the Empress Dowager Putashali use the Prince El Tegüs as his successor, but what these rejected. So he had no choice but Toghan Timur them back from exile and to be welcomed as the new Khan.

• Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty
• Mongol
• Khan
• Born in 1326
• Died in 1332
• Man
• Child