Song, Liao, and Jin · Qipchaq Chieftain

Bachman 八赤蠻

Bāchìmán

Attested AD 1235 - AD 1241

Passages
4
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Bachman as a tribal leader. This record brings together 4 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Bachman 八赤蠻 Bāchìmán
Personal name Bachman 八赤蠻

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Tribal Leader

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 九年丁酉 · Western Year: AD 1237
    Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:002:s0119
  • Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0010

Origins and identity

Career and standing

  • Status: sovereign of a realm (一國主) · Action: claimed · Provenance: Mode: self-report · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0013
  • Status: captivity · Action: entered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 九年丁酉 · Western Year: AD 1237
    Explicit · yuanshi:002:s0119
  • Status: chieftain of the Qipchaq (酋) · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0010
  • Label: imprisonment / 囚之 · Action: imprisoned · Authority Person Id: Möngke (蒙哥) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0015

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241 · Statement: 「我之竄入於海，與魚何異，然終見擒，天也。今水回期且至，軍宜早還。」 — told his guards that Heaven willed his capture and warned that the returning tide required the army to withdraw · Addressee: his guards / 守者
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0016, yuanshi:003:s0017
  • Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241 · Statement: 「我為一國主，豈苟求生？且身非駝，何以跪人為？」 — refused to kneel, declaring himself sovereign of a realm and no camel
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0013, yuanshi:003:s0014

Events and relationships

  • Kind: military · Role: defeated party · Action: fled to an island in the sea when Möngke attacked the Qipchaq · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241 · Other Person Id: Möngke (蒙哥)
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0010
  • Kind: military · Role: captive · Action: his force was slaughtered and he was captured and ordered to kneel · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 嘗攻欽察部 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1235 · End: AD 1241 · Other Person Id: Möngke (蒙哥)
    Explicit · yuanshi:003:s0013

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 2Volume 2 Annals 2: Taizong, Dingzong · 1 passage
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History of Yuan, Chapter 3Volume 3 Annals 3: Xianzong · 3 passages
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