Sultan Said Khan

Sultan Said Khan
Sultan Said Khan
Khan of Yarkent Khanate (1514–1705)
Reign	1514–1533
Predecessor	Mansur Khan
Successor	Abdurashid Khan
Born	1487
Died	9 July 1533 (aged 45–46); near Karakoram Pass, likely Daulat Beg Oldi
Issue	Abdurashid Khan
Dynasty	Borjigin
Father	Ahmad Alaq
Religion	Sunni Islam

Sultan Said Khan (Uyghur: سۇلتان سەىد جان, ) ruled the Yarkent Khanate from September 1514 to July 1533. He was born in the late 15th century in Moghulistan, and he was a direct descendant of the first Moghul Khan, Tughlugh Timur, who had founded the state of Moghulistan in 1348 and ruled until 1363. The Moghuls were turkicized Mongols who had converted to Islam.

Some English sources refer to this ruler as Abusaid.^[1]

^ "The Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay" – Henry Yule's translation of the relevant chapters of De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, with detailed notes and an introduction. In: Yule, Henry, ed. (1866). Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Translated by Yule, Henry. Printed for the Hakluyt Society. p. 546.

[1] "The Journey of Benedict Goës from Agra to Cathay" – Henry Yule's translation of the relevant chapters of De Christiana expeditione apud Sinas, with detailed notes and an introduction. In: Yule, Henry, ed. (1866). Cathay and the Way Thither: Being a Collection of Medieval Notices of China. Translated by Yule, Henry. Printed for the Hakluyt Society. p. 546.

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