Bayan Qulï ( Chagatai and

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: بیان قلی; died 1358) was the effectively puppet khan of the

Chagatai Khanate The Chagatai Khanate, also known as the Chagatai Ulus, was a Mongol and later Turkification, Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan, second son of Genghis Khan, and his descendants and successors. At its height in the l ...

from 1348 to 1358 and a grandson of

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. In 1348 Bayan Qulï was raised to the position of khan by the ruler of the

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Amir Qazaghan Qazaghan (died 1358) was the amir of the Qara'unas (1345 at the latest – 1358) and the effective ruler of the Chagatai Khanate, Chagatai ''ulus'' (1346–1358). The following opinions were expressed about the ethnic origin of the Qazaghan: 1) Va ...

, who had effectively taken control of the Chagatai ''ulus'' in 1346. For the next decade he remained Qazaghan's puppet, exercising little real authority. In 1358 Qazaghan was assassinated and succeeded by his son ‘Abdullah. Not long after his ascension, ‘Abdullah had Bayan Qulï killed and selected a new puppet,

Shah Temur Shah Temur ( Chagatai and Persian: شاه تیمور; died 1358) was khan of the Chagatai Khanate for a period in 1358. In 1358 ‘Abdullah, who had recently succeeded Qazaghan to the powerful position of amir of the ''ulus'', executed his fathe ...

, to succeed him. Bayan Qulï’s death was used as a pretext by ‘Abdullah’s enemies to bring about his downfall that same year. The

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s, prior to the conquest of Ma wara'u'n-nahr and Semirechye, were primarily shamanistic. However, in the 14th century many of those in Central Asia converted to Islam. Bayan-Quli Khan was a Muslim and a faithful stalwart of a

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i sheikh,

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. Therefore, he was buried opposite the sheikh's grave. The

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rises above the Bayan-Quli Khan grave since 1358. The dinars, coined in

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in 1357 (758), referred to Bayan Quli's piousness, engraved as they were with the words: "Bayan-Quli-bahadur Khan is the greatest sultan. May Allah prolong his reign".

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*Manz, Beatrice Forbes, ''The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane''. Cambridge University Press, 1989, .

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