Shams-i-Jahan

Timeline

1. 1399–1402Aksu · XinjiangAfter Khizr Khoja's death in 1399, Shams-i-Jahan prevailed in the struggle among his brothers and became khan of Moghulistan. He inherited his father's policy of amity with Timur while maintaining control over the nomadic traditions of the eastern regions, and prepared to expand his power into Transoxiana (Mawarannahr).
2. 1401–1408Tashkent · UzbekistanBetween 1401 and 1408, Shams-i-Jahan supported the emir Khudaydad Husayni, who rebelled against Timur in Transoxiana, and in 1407 sent envoys to Ming China requesting an alliance against the Timurid Empire. In 1407–1408 his forces at one point advanced into the Tashkent–Fergana line, but he died in 1408 without completing his large-scale western campaign.