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Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din

Type Figure Region China Time 1211–1279 Also known as Sayyid Ajall、Shams al-Din

Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din (1211–1279), a native of Bukhara, was a prominent Muslim statesman of the Yuan dynasty who helped govern Yunnan and laid fo…

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  1. 1211–1259Bukhara · UzbekistanBorn into a Sayyid family in Bukhara, Central Asia, he later traveled east with Mongol forces, was valued for his abilities, and gradually entered Kublai Khan's circle, participating in military and political affairs in the northwest and southwest.
  2. 1260–1270Shangdu · Inner MongoliaAfter Kublai founded the Yuan, Sayyid Ajall took part in court governance and was ordered to administer the southwest, preparing for the later establishment of Yunnan Province, and in the 1260s undertook military-political coordination and pacification tasks.
  3. 1273–1279Kunming · YunnanIn 1273 he was appointed second-ranking official (pingzhang zhengshi) of the Yunnan Branch Secretariat, overseeing Yunnan's military and civil affairs, promoting military-agricultural colonies and waterworks, establishing schools, standardizing weights and measures, winning over local chiefs, and consolidating Yuan rule over Yunnan.

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