In 1409 Alutai (Arughtai) set up the heir, Öljei Temür Khan Bunyashiri, of the Yuan Dynasty at Beshbalik, and ignored the Chinese demands for satisfaction regarding the murder of an envoy in the previous year.
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This article incorporates material from Herbert Giles's A Chinese Biographical Dictionary (London: Arthur Probsthain, 1898), which is now in the public domain.
The Yongle Emperor made overtures to Gulichi and his principal retainer Arughtai to establish relationship within Ming China's tributary system, but Gulichi and Arughtai rejected it.