Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar | |
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Governor of Yunnan[1] (Karadjang) | |
In office 1274–1279 | |
Preceded by | newly created position, previous ruler was Duan Xingzhi as Emperor of Dali |
Succeeded by | Nasr al-Din |
Personal details | |
Born | 1211 Bukhara, Khwarazmian Empire |
Died | 1279 (aged 67–68) Yunnan, Yuan China |
Nationality | Khwarazmian, Yuan |
Children | Nasr al-Din,[2][3] Hassan, Hussein, Shamsddin Omar, Mas'ud |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Yuan dynasty |
Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari (Persian: سید اجل شمسالدین عمر بخاری; Chinese: 赛典赤·赡思丁; pinyin: Sàidiǎnchì Shànsīdīng; 1211–1279) was Yunnan's first provincial governor, appointed by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.
Yunnan - centuries later destined to achieve a brief autonomy as a rebellious Muslim state ~is said, after the Mongol conquest, to have been given to Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din 'Umar as governor, who introduced Islam there. His son Nasr al-Din's victory over the king of Mien (Burma, now Myanmar) was recorded by Marco Polo (1277)
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