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Khan of Mughlistan
Shams-i-Jahan
Khan of Mughlistan
Reign1399–1408
PredecessorKhizr Khoja
SuccessorMuhammad Khan
Bornunknown
Died1408
IssueNaqsh-i-Jahan
Husn Nigar Khanika
Mihr Nigar Khanika
HouseBorjigin
FatherKhizr Khoja

Shams-i-Jahan (Chagatai and Persian: شمس جهان) was Khan of Mughlistan from 1399 to 1408.

Family

He was the son of Khizr Khoja. Two of his daughters were married to grandsons of the Central Asian conqueror Timur: Husn Nigar Khanika to Ulugh Beg and Mihr Nigar Khanika to his brother, Muhammad Juki.

Succession

Preceded byKhizr Khoja Khan of Mughlistan
1399–1408
Succeeded byMuhammad Khan

References

  1. René Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia (1970), pp. 425
  2. John E Woods, The Timurid Dynasty (1990), pp. 43, 45
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