Satuq Khan
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Satuq Khan was the Khan of Kashgar
from 1429 until his death.
Originally a puppet khan of Ulugh Beg
, he was stripped of his position and sent to Moghulistan
in 1428. Uwais Khan
met him in battle but was killed, allowing Satuq Khan to briefly reign supreme. The bulk of the Moghuls, however, rejected his authority and placed themselves under either one of Uwais' Khans sons, Yunus Khan
and Esen Buqa II
. Satuq Khan for his part was not recognized in most of the country but he did retain control of Kashgar, in which he remained until he was killed by a Dughlat amir. Kashgar, however, remained under Timurid rule for a few more years, as Ulugh Beg executed the amir who killed Satuq Khan and installed several governors in the town.
Kashgar
Kashgar or Kashi is an oasis city with approximately 350,000 residents in the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Kashgar is the administrative centre of Kashgar Prefecture which has an area of 162,000 km² and a population of approximately...
from 1429 until his death.
Originally a puppet khan of Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Bek was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. His commonly-known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as "Great Ruler" or "Patriarch Ruler" and was the Turkic equivalent of Timur's Perso-Arabic title Amīr-e...
, he was stripped of his position and sent to Moghulistan
Moghulistan
Moghulistan or Mughalistan is a historical geographic unit in Central Asia that included parts of modern-day Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Chinese Autonomous Region of Xinjiang...
in 1428. Uwais Khan
Uwais Khan
Awais Khan:Awais Khan ibn Sher 'Ali was one of the chagatai khans of Mughalistan from 1418-1421 and again from 1425-1429...
met him in battle but was killed, allowing Satuq Khan to briefly reign supreme. The bulk of the Moghuls, however, rejected his authority and placed themselves under either one of Uwais' Khans sons, Yunus Khan
Yunus Khan
Yunus Khan , was Khan of Moghulistan from 1462 until his death. He is identified by many historians with Ḥājjī `Ali , of the contemporary Chinese records.- Background and Family :...
and Esen Buqa II
Esen Buqa II
Esen Buqa II was Khan of Moghulistan from 1429 until his death. He was the younger son of Uwais Khan.When Uwais Khan was killed in 1428 the Moghuls were thrown into a state of confusion. Some of them supported Esen Buqa, while others supported his older brother, Yunus Khan...
. Satuq Khan for his part was not recognized in most of the country but he did retain control of Kashgar, in which he remained until he was killed by a Dughlat amir. Kashgar, however, remained under Timurid rule for a few more years, as Ulugh Beg executed the amir who killed Satuq Khan and installed several governors in the town.