Majartai

Majartai (1285–1347), a Merkid Mongol, was the younger brother of the grand councillor Bayan and the father of Toqto'a. He held civil and military posts after serving Emperor Wuzong and the future Renzong.

In 1327, in Shaanxi, he gave his own wealth to feed the poor in a famine. In 1328 he raised troops for the Shangdu court against Emperor Wenzong; Shangdu lost, and only Bayan's merits saved him from punishment. In 1337, with Bayan dominating the court, he declined a princely title and went to guard the northern frontier.

After Bayan's fall in 1340 he became right chancellor but resigned the same year; in 1341 he was made prince of Zhong while his son Toqto'a took the chancellorship. Slandered in 1347, he was exiled to Gansu and died there.