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Bayan of the Baarin (1236 – January 11, 1295) was a Mongol general. He was also known as Bayan chingsang (Mongolian: Баян, ) or, to Marco Polo, as "Bayan Hundred Eyes" (probably from a misunderstanding of ).〔Cleaves, 187〕 He commanded the army of Kublai Khan against the Song dynasty (960–1279) of China, ushering in the Song collapse and the conquest of South China by the Yuan dynasty. "Bayan" literally means "rich" in the Mongolian language. == Background == Born a grandnephew of Nayagha, a general under Genghis Khan, Bayan came from the Mongol Baarin tribe.〔Cleaves, p. 185, 198 ff〕 Nayagha, together with Bayan's grandfather Alagh and Alagh's and Nayagha's father Shirgügetü Ebügen, appear in the ''Secret History of the Mongols''.〔 In §149 and §220. They and Alagh's brother Nayagha captured their lord Tarkhutai of the Taichigud, and planned to bring their prisoner to Genghis Khan. But then they decided that harming their legitimate lord might cause offence; and they set him free. Genghis confirms their decision, and rewards Nayagha. Later, Nayagha becomes leader of a tumen. Cleaves, p. 205n3, 205n5; Erich Haenisch (translator), ''Die Geheime Geschichte der Mongolen'', Leipzig 1948, pp. 50, 103 〕 However, at least one well-respected scholar presents Bayan as a Turk whose family had long served the Great Khans.〔Rossabi, 87〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bayan of the Baarin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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