Ajall Shams al-Din Omar

Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar
Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar
Governor of Yunnan (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, 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.

^ Turnbull, Lesley (September 2014). "In Pursuit of Islamic "Authenticity": Localizing Muslim Identity on China's Peripheries" (PDF). Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review (12): 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville; Stuart C. Munro-Hay (2006). Islam: an illustrated history (illustrated, revised ed.). Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8264-1837-1. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 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)
^ Morris Rossabi (28 November 2014). From Yuan to Modern China and Mongolia: The Writings of Morris Rossabi. BRILL. pp. 271–272. ISBN 978-90-04-28529-3.

[1] Turnbull, Lesley (September 2014). "In Pursuit of Islamic "Authenticity": Localizing Muslim Identity on China's Peripheries" (PDF). Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review (12): 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

[2] Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville; Stuart C. Munro-Hay (2006). Islam: an illustrated history (illustrated, revised ed.). Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8264-1837-1. Retrieved 17 July 2011. 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)

[Rossabi2014-3] Morris Rossabi (28 November 2014). From Yuan to Modern China and Mongolia: The Writings of Morris Rossabi. BRILL. pp. 271–272. ISBN 978-90-04-28529-3.

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Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar


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 (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