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'''Babusha''' ({{zh|c=八不沙}}, died 1330) was a [[Naimans|Naiman]] empress consort of the [[Yuan dynasty]], married to the [[Khutughtu Khan]] (Emperor Mingzong).

She was born to Princess Shouning, who was the niece of Chengzong. She married Khutughtu Khan before he became emperor.<ref>George Qingzhi Zhao, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=XnIIbzweN7IC&dq=Empress+Babusha&pg=PA250 Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal ...]''
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She approved of the famous cook book of Huou, ''Yin-shanZhengyao'' (1330).<ref>Mary Ellen Snodgrass, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cWJgDwAAQBAJ&dq=Empress+Babusha&pg=PT678 World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Social Influence from ...]''</ref> 

After the death of her spouse, the execution of Babusha, in parallel with the exile of [[Toghon Temür|Toghon Temur]] to Korea in May 1330, were both ordered by [[Budashiri]], later [[List of Chinese empresses and queens|Empress of China]] as the wife of [[Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür]], to secure the succession of Aratnadara.<ref>Denis C. Twitchett, Herbert Franke, John King Fairbank, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=iN9Tdfdap5MC&dq=Empress+Babusha&pg=PA557 The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States ...]''</ref> She was executed after having accused Budashiri of staging a coup against her late husband.

==Notes==
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* George Qingzhi Zhao, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=XnIIbzweN7IC&dq=Empress+Babusha&pg=PA250 Marriage as Political Strategy and Cultural Expression: Mongolian Royal ...]''
* Denis C. Twitchett, Herbert Franke, John King Fairbank, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=iN9Tdfdap5MC&dq=Empress+Babusha&pg=PA557 The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States ...]''
* Mary Ellen Snodgrass, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=cWJgDwAAQBAJ&dq=Empress+Babusha&pg=PT678 World Food: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture and Social Influence from ...]''

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