Sultan Mahmud (Chagatai)
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Sultan Mahmud Khan was Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate
(1384–1402). He was the son of Suurgatmish
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Upon his father's death in 1384, Sultan Mahmud was made khan by Timur
. Like Suurgatmish, Sultan Mahmud was completely powerless, and served as a puppet for Timur. Coins in his name were produced by Timur during his lifetime. Sultan Mahmud's death in 1402 marked the effective end of the line of Chagatai Khans in Transoxiana, who had long been mere figureheads anyway. Although Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg
appointed khans as well, they were even less noteworthy, although one, Satuk Khan, was known for attempting to become khan of Moghulistan
.
Chagatai Khanate
The Chagatai Khanate was a Turko-Mongol khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of the Great Khan Genghis Khan, and his descendents and successors...
(1384–1402). He was the son of Suurgatmish
Suurgatmish
Soyurghatmïsh Khan was Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate . He was the son of Danishmendji, of the House of Ogedei.When Timur gained control of the territory of the western Chagatai Khanate in the 1360s, he did not abolish the office of khan...
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Upon his father's death in 1384, Sultan Mahmud was made khan by Timur
Timur
Timur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...
. Like Suurgatmish, Sultan Mahmud was completely powerless, and served as a puppet for Timur. Coins in his name were produced by Timur during his lifetime. Sultan Mahmud's death in 1402 marked the effective end of the line of Chagatai Khans in Transoxiana, who had long been mere figureheads anyway. Although Timur's grandson 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...
appointed khans as well, they were even less noteworthy, although one, Satuk Khan, was known for attempting to become khan of 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...
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