Shangdu Ma (上都馬) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Shangdu Ma as an assassin, named individual, and soldier. 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

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Shangdu Ma	上都馬	Shàngdū Mǎ
Personal	Shangdu Ma	上都馬
Personal name	Shangdu Ma	上都馬

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:207:s0078

Roles

Assassin
Named Individual
Soldier

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: chapter dated context · Western Year: AD 1365
Explicit event contextual date · yuanshi:207:s0078
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:s0116, yuanshi:117:s0118

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: yuan · Relation: active-in
Strongly inferred · yuanshi:207:s0078

Events and relationships

Kind: assassination · Role: assassin · Action: hacked-to-death · Other Person Id: Bolu Temur (孛羅帖木兒)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0079
Kind: assassination · Role: assassin · Action: joined the attack that killed Boluo Temür
Explicit · yuanshi:117:s0116, yuanshi:117:s0118
Kind: assassination · Role: assassin · Action: joined-plot · Other Person Id: Bolu Temur (孛羅帖木兒)
Explicit · yuanshi:207:s0078

References in the histories

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History of Yuan, Chapter 117Volume 117 Biographies 4: Belgutei, Jochi, Tula, Yahudou, Kuanchepuhua, Tiemu'er Buhua · 2 passages

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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.

History of Yuan, Chapter 207Volume 207 Biographies 94: Rebellious Ministers · 2 passages

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威順王子和尚，受帝密旨，與徐士本謀，結勇士上都馬、金那海、伯顏達兒、帖古思不花、火兒忽達、洪寶寶等，陰圖刺之。 Heshang, son of the Prince of Weishun, received a secret order from the emperor and plotted with Xu Shiben to gather brave men—Shangdu Ma, Jin Nahai, Bayan Da'er, Tegus Buhua, Huo'erhuda, Hong Baobao, and others—for a secret attempt on his life.

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.