After Genghis Khan's western conquest of Khwarazm, Genghis Khan gave most of the land east of Khwarazm to his second son Chagatai, a fief that later became the Chagatai Khanate, one of the four great Mongol khanates, whose territory extended from the middle of the river region in Central Asia to the Ili River Valley. During the nearly two decades that Chagatai ruled the khanate, a large number of Han officials from the Central Plains became ministers of the Chagatai Khanate and assisted Chagatai in ruling its own khanate.
Portrait of Chagatai
This article is about a Han minister named Pachatai, and there are not many records of the early life of Pa Tra in the history books, people only know that he was a Han chinese from the north of the Central Plains, who was later captured by the Mongol army from Han China to Central Asia. When He came to Central Asia, he at first served as a servant to one of Chagatai's doctors, but because of his good education, he was soon appreciated by Chagatai, who appointed him his minister and gave him the Sanskrit name of Pajara.
As we all know, Chagatai was a monarch who strictly adhered to the Mongol tradition, and he wanted to rule Central Asia with Mongol laws and customs, which caused dissatisfaction among the Central Asian ministers, so those ministers chose to consider Wokoutai, who had become the ruler of the Mongol Empire, the most famous of which was the governor of Hezhong, Yalao Wachi, appointed by Wokoutai. It was precisely because of the loyalty of these Central Asian ministers to Wokoutai that Chagatai was extremely distrustful of the Central Asians, so the Han-born Patra was valued by Chagatai.
There were many Central Asians who served as ministers of the Mongol Empire
According to the "Collected Histories", Bhagavatam was not good-looking, very short in stature, and very fond of eating and drinking. In addition, Pachiro's talent was also outstanding, and he was the highest ranking of Chagatai's ministers, who was eloquent and witty. Deeply valued by Chagatai, Patra was grateful for Chagatai's kindness, and he defended Chagatai's interests at all times, and thus offended many Central Asian ministers.
Pajara once said publicly to Chagatai:
"For the sake of the Great Khan, I have offended everyone and lost all my friends, and after the Death of the Great Khan, no one will pity me."
Because of his deep trust and respect for Chagatai, the court of the Chagatai Khanate could ignore everyone except Chagatai, and it is said that once when He was talking to Chagatai, one of Chagatai's concubines suddenly interrupted Himala, and Patra actually reprimanded the concubine on the spot:
"Ru, the woman too! You don't have to interject! ”
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In Chagatai's later years, Pachiro even ordered the execution of one of Chagatai's daughters-in-law, who was out hunting, and without Chagatai's knowledge, sent someone to kill the wife of a Mongol prince. When Chagatai returned from hunting, he was told that one of his daughters-in-law had been executed by Pachira, and an enraged Chagatai immediately approached Chagatai and prepared to punish him, because Chagatai's daughter-in-law was also a relative of the emperor and could not be executed by others.
When He saw Chagatai, he told Chagatai that he had discovered that the Princess had been having an affair with an outsider, and in order to maintain the honor of the Chagatai family, Hepara immediately executed the Princess. After learning the reason why the crown princess was killed, Chagatai's face showed a smile, and he smiled at Bhagavad Gita:
"You have not humiliated my face, you have done the right thing, and I should thank you for defending the honor of my family's female relatives for me."
Paintings of the Chagatai Khanate
In May 1241, Chagatai died of illness, and Pachira had predicted that if Chagatai died, he would soon be killed without the protection of his lord, and this prophecy came true only a few months after Chagatai's death.
Shortly after Chagatai's death, the ministers whom Bhagavata had offended united to complain to Chagatai's grandson, Khalahu, who framed Himala for poisoning his own Great Khan Chagatai. However, Khala Xulie, who was not accustomed to Bhakura, used this incident as an excuse and ordered the execution of Bhakla. After the killing of Pajara,
The Mongols in the western part of the Chagatai Khanate began to live in the river region and merged with the locals, and the court of the khanate no longer had any well-known ministers from the Central Plains.