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ŃĐœ ŃĐ°Đčж; simplified Chinese: æ”ć°ć; traditional Chinese: 枟ć°ć; pinyin: HĂșntĂĄijĂ), also spelled Qong Tayiji, was a title of the Mongols, derived from the Chinese term Huangtaizi (çć€Șć; "crown prince").
At first it also meant crown prince in the Mongolian language. It was originally given only to descendants of Genghis Khan. In the "Mongol tradition," a khan was unable to appoint the successor, instead the successor was elected in the kurultai after the khan's death. However, Kublai Khan (who founded the Yuan Dynasty) broke this tradition. And installed his second son Zhenjin (Chingem) as Crown Prince. After Chingem died in 1286, the seal of Crown prince was passed to Chingem's third son TemĂŒr in 1293. However, TemĂŒr was never formally appointed as the Crown Prince and "still not the definite successor." He was only confirmed as successor in a kurultai held after Kublai's death.
The Khong Tayiji became sub-Khan when Altan Khan of the TĂŒmed tĂŒmen installed the Khong Tayiji as assistant khan.
In 1630s the head of the Dzungars was given the title of Baatur Khong Tayiji by the 5th Dalai Lama. Thereafter the style "Khong Tayiji" was adopted by Dzungar leader Tsewang Dorji Namjal, son of Galdan Tseren. As the Dzungars got stronger, "the title rose in importance." By the mid-18th century it was ranked higher than that of khan among the Oirats.
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- ^ Perdue 2009, p. 270.
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- Perdue, Peter C (2009). China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central Eurasia. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04202-5.
