Kebek Sultan
| Kebek Sultan | |
|---|---|
| Khan of Eastern Moghulistan (Uyghurstan) | |
| Reign | 1468/69–c. 1472 |
| Predecessor | Dost Muhammad |
| Successor | Yunus Khan |
| Died | c. 1472 |
| House | Chagatai |
| Father | Dost Muhammad |
| Religion | Islam |
Kebek Sultan Oghlan (کیباک سلطان اغلان; died c. 1472) was Khan of eastern Moghulistan, the region known as Uyghurstan, from 1468 or 1469 until his death. A member of the Chagatai dynasty, he was the son of Dost Muhammad and a grandson of Esen Buqa II.[1] His reign was brief, ending when he was betrayed and killed by his own followers.[2]
Background
[edit]Esen Buqa II, Khan of Moghulistan, died in 1462, and the khanate split between his brother Yunus Khan and his son Dost Muhammad.[3] Dost Muhammad held the eastern territories, ruling from Aksu over the region of Uyghurstan, while Yunus Khan controlled the western portion of the khanate.[4]
Reign
[edit]Dost Muhammad died of illness in AH 877 (1468 or 1469 CE).[4][1] Kebek Sultan was a child at the time, and a group of his father's supporters carried him east to Turpan.[1] Yunus Khan seized Aksu and the western portions of Dost Muhammad's former territory.[4] Kebek Sultan ruled from Turpan for several years as the last representative of the eastern line of Moghul khans.[1]
Death
[edit]Around 1472, Kebek Sultan was betrayed by his own followers, who killed him and brought his head to Yunus Khan.[1][2] Yunus Khan reacted with anger at the murder of his great-nephew and had those responsible put to death.[1] Eastern Moghulistan then passed under Yunus Khan's authority, reuniting the khanate.[3] The region around Turpan later became the seat of the Turpan Khanate, established in 1487 by Yunus Khan's son Ahmad Alaq.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1895). Elias, N. (ed.). Tarikh-i-Rashidi: A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia. Translated by Ross, E. Denison. London: Sampson Low, Marston.
- 1 2 Grousset, René (1970). The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia. Translated by Walford, Naomi. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-1304-1.
- 1 2 Bosworth, C. E. (1996). The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. p. 295. ISBN 978-0-7486-2137-8.
- 1 2 3 Barthold, V. V. (1956). Four Studies on the History of Central Asia. Vol. 1. Translated by Minorsky, V.; Minorsky, T. Leiden: Brill. p. 149.