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Yunus Khan
Great khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate (Moghulistan) in the 15th century, ruling the vast steppe lands north and south of the Tianshan from 1462;…
Timeline
- 1416–1462Moghulistan · MoghulistanSon of Uwais Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, he long contended for the throne with his brother Esen Buqa II and others, enduring exile and restoration, before finally establishing his rule in 1462.
- 1471–1480Turpan · TurpanConsolidated control over the nomadic tribes north and south of the Tianshan, promoted the spread of Islam in the Moghul lands, allied and intermarried with Timurid Herat, and repeatedly intervened in the disputes of the Transoxiana princes.
- 1481–1487Northern rim of the Tarim Basin · XinjiangIn his later years he continued campaigning west into Transoxiana, dying at Tashkent in 1487; his son Sultan Ahmad succeeded him, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate entered a new period of division.
Sources
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Yunus Khan https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/yunus-khan
- The Cambridge History of China, Volume 8: The Ming Dynasty, 1368–1644, Part 2 — Denis Twitchett; Frederick W. Mote (1998)