Yuan · Military Officer

Bolu Temur 孛羅帖木兒

Bóluó Tiēmù'ěr

Died AD 1365

Passages: 52
Chapters: 5
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Bolu Temur as a general, military officer, named individual, and official. This record brings together 52 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Bolu Temur	孛羅帖木兒	Bóluó Tiēmù'ěr
Personal	Bolu Temur	孛羅帖木兒	Bolu Temur
Personal name	Bolu Temür	孛羅帖木兒
Personal	Boluo Temür	孛羅帖木兒
Personal	Boluo Timur	孛羅帖木兒
Personal name	Boluo Timur	孛羅帖木兒

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:196:s0138, yuanshi:204:s0077, yuanshi:207:s0013

Roles

General
Military Officer
Named Individual
Official
Rebel
Warlord

Life and dates

Death

Cause: assassinated · Place: Yanchun Pavilion / 延春閣 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七月乙酉 · Lunar Month: 7 · Sexagenary Day: 乙酉 · Western Year: AD 1365
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0079
Manner: assassinated below Yanchun Pavilion · Responsible Person Ids: Bayan Da'er (伯顏達兒), Shangdu Ma (上都馬) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 明年七月 · Western Year: AD 1365
Explicit · yuanshi:117:s0118

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 至正十八年正月 · Regnal Year: 18 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1358
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Source Date: Text: 二十年正月 · Regnal Year: 20 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1360
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Source Date: Text: 二十一年正月 · Regnal Year: 21 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1361
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Source Date: Text: 二十四年正月 · Regnal Year: 24 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1364
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Source Date: Text: 二十三年十月 · Regnal Year: 23 · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 1363
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Source Date: Text: 十九年二月 · Regnal Year: 19 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 1359
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Source Date: Text: 二十二年二月 · Regnal Year: 22 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 1362
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Source Date: Text: 七月乙酉 · Lunar Month: 7 · Sexagenary Day: 乙酉 · Western Year: AD 1365
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0079
Source Date: Text: 二十五年 · Regnal Year: 25 · Western Year: AD 1365
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Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:111:s0187, yuanshi:111:s0184
Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
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Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年至明年七月 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1364 · End: AD 1365
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:117:s0114, yuanshi:117:s0118

Family

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Kin of Yijir Buhua (亦只兒不花)
Kinship Term: uncle / 叔父 · Subject Role: paternal-uncle · Object Role: nephew · Line: paternal · Generation Distance: 1 · Intermediary Person Ids: Dashi-Baturu (荅失八都魯)
Child of Mother of Boluo Timur (孛羅帖木兒母)
Kinship Term: mother / 母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: mother · Object Role: son
Child of Dashi-Baturu (荅失八都魯)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Parent of Tianbaonu (天寶奴)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Spouse of Wife of Boluo Timur (孛羅帖木兒妻)
Kinship Term: wife / 妻 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband

Career and standing

Label: pingzhang of the Henan branch secretariat / 河南行省平章政事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正十八年正月 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1358
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Label: pingzhang of the central secretariat / 中書平章政事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二月 · Lunar Month: 2 · Western Year: AD 1360
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Label: head of metropolitan military-agricultural commission / 大都督兵農司 · Action: appointed · Place: Datong / 大同 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 1359
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0023
Label: grand guardian and left chancellor / 太保、中書左丞相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 庚寅 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0066
Label: overall commander of Mongol and Han forces / 緫領一應達達、漢人諸軍 · Action: appointed
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Label: right chancellor of the Secretariat / 中書右丞相 · Action: became
Explicit · yuanshi:117:s0114
Label: Grand Guardian / 太保 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:111:s0187, yuanshi:111:s0184
Label: right chancellor with command of all armies / 中書右丞相，節制天下軍馬 · Action: promoted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 八月壬寅 · Lunar Month: 8 · Sexagenary Day: 壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1364
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Label: grand marshal and central pingzhang ranking first / 太尉、中書平章，位居第一 · Action: promoted
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0041
Label: grand guardian and central pingzhang, concurrent privy council / 太保、中書平章，兼知樞密院事 · Action: restored
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Title: upper pillar of the state / 上柱國 · Action: granted
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0068
Title: commissioner equal to the Three Dukes / 開府儀同三司 · Action: granted
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0068
Status: stripped-of-military-command · Action: ordered · Place: Sichuan / 四川 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月辛卯 · Lunar Month: 3 · Sexagenary Day: 辛卯 · Western Year: AD 1364
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Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: served
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Place: Sichuan / 四川 · Relation: ordered-to-return · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0079
Place: Jingxing Pass / 井陘口 · Relation: encamped-at
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Place: north of Shiling Pass / 石嶺關以北 · Relation: posted-to
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Works and attributed material

Kind: petition · Role: speaker · Quoted: false
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0065

Events and relationships

Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: advanced-on-capital · Place: Qinghe / 清河 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年四月十二日 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0083, yuanshi:204:s0084
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: assaulted-capital-again · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 七月 · Lunar Month: 7 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0061
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: attacked · Other Person Id: Wang Shicheng (王士誠)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: besieged-Jining
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0034
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: campaign-against · Other Person Id: Cheng Sizhong (程思忠)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0030
Kind: political · Role: protector · Action: concealed · Other Person Id: Laodasha (老的沙)
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Kind: political · Role: persecutor · Action: confined-empress · Other Person Id: Empress (皇后)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0072
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Liu Futong (劉福通) · Place: Weihui / 衛輝 · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 三月 · Lunar Month: 3 · Western Year: AD 1358
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0017
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: defeated · Other Person Id: Sha Liu (沙劉) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 六月 · Lunar Month: 6 · Western Year: AD 1358
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0019
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: entered-Juyong · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 四月壬寅 · Lunar Month: 4 · Sexagenary Day: 壬寅 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0052
Kind: political · Role: accused · Action: falsely-said-to-have-murdered · Other Person Id: Empress (皇后) · Provenance: Mode: rumor
Explicit · yuanshi:196:s0138, yuanshi:196:s0140
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: followed-father-against-rebels
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0014
Kind: assassination · Role: instigator · Action: had-murdered · Other Person Id: Yijir Buhua (亦只兒不花) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十四年正月 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0046
Kind: rebellion · Role: rebel · Action: killed-envoy-and-defied-order
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0048
Kind: violent · Role: killer · Action: killed · Other Person Id: Po Buhua (樸不花) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0086
Kind: coup · Role: military usurper · Action: marched on the capital and seized the reins of government · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 至正二十四年 · Western Year: AD 1364
Explicit · yuanshi:117:s0114
Kind: political · Role: actor · Action: purged-favorites-and-cut-expenditures
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0069
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: pursued · Other Person Id: Yang Cheng (楊誠) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二十年正月 · Lunar Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 1360
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0028
Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: recaptured-Caozhou · Other Person Id: Kuang Fu (匡福) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 十月 · Lunar Month: 10 · Western Year: AD 1358
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: routed · Other Person Id: Master Guan (關先生)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0024
Kind: military · Role: invader · Action: seized-Zhending · Other Person Id: Köke Temür (擴廓)
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Kind: military · Role: commander · Action: took-over-forces · Other Person Id: Meng Benzhou (孟本周)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0022
Relation: ally-of · Person Id: Tujian Timur (禿堅帖木兒)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0049

Assessments and attributes

Assessment: debauched, drunkenly murderous, unpredictable in rage · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0077
Assessment: indulged in wanton cruelty · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
Explicit · yuanshi:117:s0114

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · yuanshi:204:s0077

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 111Volume 111 Tables 6: Three Ducal Ministers 2 · 1 passage

孛羅帖木兒 Bolu Temür

History of Yuan, Chapter 117Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua · 4 passages

至正二十四年，孛羅帖木兒稱兵犯闕，遂為中書右丞相，總握國柄，恣為淫虐。 In the twenty-fourth year of Zhizheng Boluo Temür marched on the capital, became right chancellor of the Secretariat, seized the reins of government, and indulged in wanton cruelty.

受密旨，與儒士徐士本謀，交結勇士上都馬、金那海、伯顏達兒、帖古思不花、火你忽都、洪寶寶、黃哈剌八禿、龍從雲，陰圖刺孛羅帖木兒。 By secret edict he plotted with the scholar Xu Shiben and won over the warriors Shangdu Ma, Jin Naihai, Bayan Da'er, Tegus Buhua, Ho Nihudu, Hong Baobao, Huang Halabat, and Long Congyun to lay a hidden plan to kill Boluo Temür.

明年七月，孛羅帖木兒入奏事，行至延春閣李樹下，伯顏達兒自眾中奮出，斫孛羅帖木兒，中其腦，上都馬等兢前斫死之。 In the seventh month of the following year Boluo Temür came in to report on state affairs; as he passed the plum tree below the Yanchun Pavilion, Bayan Da'er burst from the crowd and struck him on the head; Shangdu Ma and the rest rushed in and cut him down.

詳見《孛羅帖木兒傳》。 For the full account see the Biography of Boluo Temür.

History of Yuan, Chapter 196Volume 196 Biographies 83: Loyal and Righteous Acts 4 · 1 passage

至正二十四年，甘肅行省以孛羅帖木兒矯弒皇后、皇孫，遣人白事，平章政事也速答兒即欲署諭眾榜，樸賽因不花持不可曰：「此大事，何得輕信，況非符驗公文。」 In 1364 the Gansu Branch Secretariat reported that Bolu Temur had falsely murdered the empress and the imperial grandson and sent someone to inform the court. Chief Councillor Yesudar immediately wished to sign a proclamation to the people. Pusaiyin Buhua objected, saying, "This is a grave matter—how can it be lightly believed, especially when there is no verified official document."

History of Yuan, Chapter 204Volume 204 Biographies 91: Eunuchs · 9 passages

老的沙至大同，遂留孛羅帖木兒軍中。 Laodasha reached Datong and stayed with Boluo Timur’s army.

是時，搠思監、樸不花方倚擴廓帖木兒為外援，怨孛羅帖木兒匿老的沙不遣，遂誣孛羅帖木兒與老的沙謀不軌。 Bodashirin and Po Buhua were then counting on Köke Temür as their outside ally. Angry that Boluo Timur was sheltering Laodasha, they accused Boluo Timur and Laodasha of plotting rebellion.

二十四年，詔削其官，使解兵柄歸四川。 In the twenty-fourth year an edict stripped Boluo Timur of his offices and ordered him to lay down command and return to Sichuan.

孛羅帖木兒知不出帝意，皆搠思監、樸不花所為，怒不奉詔。 Boluo Timur knew the order did not reflect the emperor’s true will but came from Bodashirin and Po Buhua, and he refused to obey.

宗王不顏帖木兒等為表言其誣枉，而朝廷亦畏其強不可製，復下詔數搠思監、樸不花互相壅蔽簧惑主聽之罪，屏搠思監於嶺北，竄樸不花於甘肅，以快眾憤，而復孛羅帖木兒官爵。 Prince Buyan Timur and others memorialized that Boluo Timur had been framed. The court also feared his power. A new edict listed Bodashirin’s and Po Buhua’s crimes of blocking the emperor’s ears and deceiving him, banished Bodashirin to the northern frontier, exiled Po Buhua to Gansu to appease public anger, and restored Boluo Timur’s rank.

未幾，孛羅帖木兒遣禿堅帖木兒以兵向闕，聲言清君側之惡。 Soon afterward Boluo Timur sent Tujian Timur with an army toward the capital, claiming he would purge evil from the ruler’s side.

四月十二日，駐於清河，帝遣達達國師問故，往復者數四，言必得搠思監、樸不花乃退兵。 On the twelfth day of the fourth month his force halted at Qinghe. The emperor sent the Dada National Preceptor to ask his purpose; after several exchanges Boluo Timur said he would withdraw only if Bodashirin and Po Buhua were handed over.

樸不花遂為孛羅帖木兒所殺。 Po Buhua was killed by Boluo Timur.

事具搠思監、孛羅帖木兒傳。 The full account appears in the biographies of Bodashirin and Boluo Timur.

History of Yuan, Chapter 207Volume 207 Biographies 94: Rebellious Ministers · 37 passages

孛羅帖木兒，荅失八都魯之子也。 Boluo Timur was the son of Dashi-Baturu.

父既歿，孛羅帖木兒引兵退駐井陘口。 After his father's death Boluo Timur withdrew his army and encamped at Jingxing Pass.

至正十八年正月，命孛羅帖木兒為河南行省平章政事，仍緫領其父元管諸軍。 In the first month of Zhizheng 18 he was made pingzhang of the Henan branch secretariat while continuing to command all the forces his father had once held.

十月，遣參政匡福統苗軍自西門入，孛羅帖木兒自北門入，四門並進，克復曹州，擒殺偽官武宰相、仇知院，獲偽印信金牌等物。 In the tenth month he sent Vice Administrator Kuang Fu with Miao troops through the west gate while he himself entered from the north. All four gates attacked together, Caozhou was retaken, the rebel officials Wu the chancellor and Qiu the director were captured and killed, and false seals, gold tallies, and other booty were seized.

三月，詔孛羅帖木兒移兵至大同，置大都督兵農司，專督屯種，以孛羅帖木兒領之。 In the third month he was ordered to move his army to Datong. A metropolitan military-agricultural commission was set up to oversee garrison farming, with Boluo Timur placed in charge.

二十年正月，孛羅帖木兒追誠至飛狐縣東關，誠棄軍遁，降其潰卒，回駐大同。 In the first month of the twentieth year Boluo Timur pursued Cheng to the eastern pass of Feihu County. Cheng abandoned his army and fled. Boluo Timur accepted the surrender of the routed troops and returned to encamp at Datong.

九月，孛羅帖木兒欲得冀寧，遣兵自石嶺關直趨圍其城，三日，復退屯交城。 In the ninth month Boluo Timur, wanting Jining for himself, sent troops straight through Shiling Pass to besiege the city. After three days he withdrew and encamped at Jiaocheng.

十月，詔孛羅帖木兒守冀寧，遣保保、殷興祖、高脫因倍道趨之，守者不納。 In the tenth month an edict put Boluo Timur in charge of Jining and sent Baobao, Yin Xingzu, and Gao Tuoyin by forced marches to take it, but the garrison refused them entry.

察罕帖木兒遣鎖住、陳秉直以兵來爭，孛羅帖木兒部將脫列伯戰敗之。 Chaghan Timur sent Suozhu and Chen Bingzhi to contest the place, but Boluo Timur's general Teliebo defeated them.

二十一年正月，命平章荅失帖木兒、參政七十往諭解之，孛羅帖木兒罷兵還鎮。 In the first month of the twenty-first year Pingzhang Dashi Timur and Vice Administrator Qishi were sent to negotiate a settlement, and Boluo Timur withdrew his troops to his base.

九月，命孛羅帖木兒於保定以東、河間以南屯田。 In the ninth month he was ordered to establish garrison farms east of Baoding and south of Hejian.

三月，孛羅帖木兒遣裨將也速不花等招兵五萬，戍大同。 In the third month Boluo Timur sent lieutenants such as Yesu Buhua to raise fifty thousand men to garrison Datong.

陞孛羅帖木兒太尉、中書平章，位居第一。 Boluo Timur was promoted to grand marshal and central pingzhang, taking first rank among them.

二十三年十月，孛羅帖木兒復南侵擴廓帖木兒所守地，遂據真定。 In the tenth month of the twenty-third year Boluo Timur again invaded south into Köke Timur's territory and seized Zhending.

初，朝廷既黜御史大夫老的沙，安置東勝州，帝別遣宦官密諭孛羅帖木兒，令留軍中。 Earlier the court had dismissed Grand Censor Laodesha and sent him to Dongsheng Prefecture. The emperor then secretly ordered Boluo Timur through a eunuch to keep Laodesha with his army.

而皇太子累遣官索之，孛羅帖木兒匿不發。 The heir apparent repeatedly sent officials to demand his surrender, but Boluo Timur hid him and refused to hand him over.

二十四年正月，孛羅帖木兒陰使人殺其叔父左丞亦只兒不花，佯為不知，往弔不哭。 In the first month of the twenty-fourth year Boluo Timur secretly had his uncle, Left Chancellor Yijir Buhua, murdered, then feigned ignorance and attended the mourning without shedding a tear.

朝廷知其跋扈，又以匿老的沙事，三月辛卯，詔罷孛羅帖木兒兵權，四川安置。 Knowing how overbearing he had become, and because he had hidden Laodesha, on the xinmao day of the third month the court stripped him of military command and ordered him sent to Sichuan.

孛羅帖木兒殺使者拒命，遣部將會禿堅帖木兒提兵犯闕，揚言索右丞相搠思監、資正院使朴不花二人。 Boluo Timur killed the envoy, defied the order, and sent his general Toqto'a Timur to march on the capital, openly demanding the surrender of Right Chancellor Bodaijian and Correct Resources director Pak Buha.

先是，朝廷立衛屯田，嘗命中書右丞也先不花提督，與禿堅帖木兒分院之地相近，因擾及其親里，搆成嫌隙，也先不花乃譖禿堅帖木兒詆毀朝政，孛羅帖木兒與禿堅帖木兒相友善，且知其誣，遣人白其非罪。 Earlier the court had set up guard garrison farms under Right Vice Chancellor Yesen Buhua, whose district bordered that of Toqto'a Timur. Yesen Buhua's men disturbed Toqto'a Timur's kin and home district, breeding resentment until Yesen Buhua accused Toqto'a Timur of slandering the government. Boluo Timur, who was friendly with Toqto'a Timur and knew the charge was false, sent word that he was innocent.

皇太子以孛羅帖木兒握兵跋扈，今乃與禿堅帖木兒交通，又匿不軌之臣，遂與丞相搠思監議，請詔削其官，分其兵授四川省丞相察罕不花領之。 The heir apparent, seeing Boluo Timur's arrogance with troops in hand, his collusion with Toqto'a Timur, and his concealment of a disloyal minister, discussed with Chancellor Bodaijian a request to strip his offices and divide his army, giving command to Sichuan branch chancellor Chaghan Buhua.

孛羅帖木兒謂非帝意，故不聽命，舉兵助禿堅帖木兒。 Boluo Timur claimed the order did not reflect the emperor's will, refused to obey, and raised troops to aid Toqto'a Timur.

仍以孛羅帖木兒為太保、中書平章，兼知樞密院事，守禦大同； Boluo Timur was again made grand guardian and central pingzhang, with concurrent charge of privy council affairs, to guard Datong;

辛亥，孛羅帖木兒還大同，皇太子恚怒不已，再徵擴廓帖木兒兵，保障京師。 On the xinhai day Boluo Timur returned to Datong. The heir apparent, still furious, again summoned Köke Timur's troops to secure the capital.

擴廓帖木兒自其父察罕帖木兒在時，與孛羅帖木兒連年相讎殺，朝廷累命官講和，二軍已還兵，各守其地。 Ever since his father Chaghan Timur's day, Köke Timur and Boluo Timur had been locked in a feud of mutual slaughter. The court had repeatedly sent mediators, and both armies had withdrawn to their own territories.

七月，孛羅帖木兒率兵，與禿堅帖木兒、老的沙等復犯闕，京師震駭。 In the seventh month Boluo Timur marched again on the capital with Toqto'a Timur, Laodesha, and others, throwing the city into panic.

戊子，孛羅帖木兒兵至，駐健德門外，欲追襲皇太子，老的沙力止之。 On the wuzi day Boluo Timur's army arrived and camped outside Jiande Gate. He wanted to pursue the heir apparent, but Laodesha strongly dissuaded him.

庚寅，就命孛羅帖木兒太保、中書左丞相，老的沙中書平章政事，禿堅帖木兒御史大夫。 On the gengyin day Boluo Timur was made grand guardian and left chancellor on the spot, Laodesha central pingzhang, and Toqto'a Timur grand censor.

八月壬寅，詔加孛羅帖木兒開府儀同三司、上柱國、錄軍國重事、太保、中書右丞相，節制天下軍馬。 On the renyin day of the eighth month Boluo Timur was further honored as commissioner equal to the Three Dukes, upper pillar of the state, recorder of weighty state and military affairs, grand guardian, and right chancellor, with command over all armies under heaven.

二十五年，皇太子在外，日夜謀除內難，承制調遣嶺北、甘肅、遼陽、陝西及擴廓帖木兒等軍，進討孛羅帖木兒。 In the twenty-fifth year the heir apparent, still abroad, plotted day and night to remove the men who held the capital. Acting under imperial commission, he mobilized forces from Lingbei, Gansu, Liaoyang, Shaanxi, and Köke Timur's army for a campaign against Boluo Timur.

孛羅帖木兒怒，出皇后于外，幽置百日。 Boluo Timur, enraged, sent the empress out of the palace and kept her under confinement for a hundred days.

孛羅帖木兒患之，遣驍將姚伯顏不花統兵出禦，至通州，河溢，營虹橋以待，也速出其不意，襲而破之，擒姚伯顏，殺之。 Alarmed, Boluo Timur sent his fierce general Yao Bayan Buhua to meet him. At Tongzhou the river was in flood, and Yao Bayan Buhua encamped at Hongqiao to wait. Yeshu surprised him, routed his force, captured Yao Bayan Buhua, and executed him.

孛羅帖木兒大恐，自將出通州，三日大雨而還。 Boluo Timur was terrified and marched out to Tongzhou in person, but after three days of heavy rain he turned back.

孛羅帖木兒先嘗以自疑殺其將保安，既又失姚伯顏，鬱鬱不樂，乃日與老的沙飲宴，荒淫無度，酗酒殺人，喜怒不測，人皆畏忌。 Boluo Timur had already killed his general Bao'an on suspicion. After losing Yao Bayan Buhua as well, he sank into gloom and spent his days feasting and drinking with Laodesha. He gave himself to debauchery, drank until he killed men at whim, and ruled by unpredictable fits of rage until all feared him.

七月乙酉，值禿堅帖木兒遣人來告上都之捷，孛羅帖木兒起入奏，行至延春閣李樹下，伯顏達兒自衆中奮出，斫孛羅帖木兒，中其腦，上都馬及金那海等競前斫死。 On the yiyou day of the seventh month, as Boluo Timur rose to report Toqto'a Timur's victory dispatch from Shangdu, he passed beneath the plum tree at the Yanchun Pavilion. Bayan Da'er sprang from the crowd and struck him on the head. Shangdu Ma, Jin Nahai, and the others rushed in and hacked him to death.

老的沙傷額，趨出，得馬，走其家，擁孛羅帖木兒母妻及其子天寶奴北遁。 Laodesha was wounded on the forehead, fled on horseback to his house, and escorted Boluo Timur's mother, wife, and son Tianbaonu north in flight.

明日，遣使函孛羅帖木兒首級往太原，詔皇太子還朝。 The next day envoys carried Boluo Timur's head in a box to Taiyuan and ordered the heir apparent to return to court.