Koreish Sultan ( Chagatai and

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: قریش سلطان) was son of

Abdurashid Khan Abdurashid Khan (Chagatai language, Chagatai and Persian language, Persian: عبد الرشید خان), (1508-1560) was the ruler of the Yarkent Khanate. Biography Abdurashid Khan was a descendant of the first Moghul Khan Tughlugh Timur, Tughl ...

. Probably his father appointed him as governor of

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since 1533 where he was governing till 1570. After the death in 1570 of Shah Khan in one of skirmishes with Kalmaks, who was a ruler of the

Turpan Khanate The Turpan Khanate (), also known as the Eastern Moghulistan, Kingdom of Uyghurstan or Turfan Khanate, was a Sunni Muslim Turco-Mongol khanate ruled by the descendants of Chagatai Khan. It was founded by Ahmad Alaq in 1487 based in Turpan as the e ...

(then covering Chalish,

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and Kumul),

Abdul Karim Khan Ustad Abdul Karim Khan (Devanagari: उस्ताद अब्दुल करीम ख़ान, Persian: ) (11 November 1872 – 27 October 1937)Yarkand Khanate The Yarkent Khanate, also known as the Yarkand Khanate and the Kashghar Khanate, was a Sunni Muslim Turkic state ruled by the Mongol descendants of Chagatai Khan. It was founded by Sultan Said Khan in 1514 as a western offshoot of Moghulistan, i ...

sent his brother Abduraim Sultan to rule the khanate. The four brothers of Shah Khan expelled Abduraim Sultan and this action started struggle for power between them. One of brothers Abul Muhammad Sultan, or Muhei-me of Chinese sources, declared himself a ruler and sent Embassy to the

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, but other 3 brothers didn't recognize him and one of them, Sufi Sultan, or So-fei of Chinese sources, sent another Embassy to the Ming dynasty. Abdul Karim Khan didn't want to see increasing of influence of the Ming dynasty in Uyghurstan and sent Koreish Sultan to subdue Shah Khan's brothers and restore Abduraim Sultan as a '' Little Khan'' ( ''Kichik Khan '') in

. Koreish Sultan conquered Chalish, Turpan and Kumul, but after that refused to give these cities to Abduraim Sultan and appointed himself as a ''Little Khan''. Abdul Karim Khan ordered to another brother Muhammad Sultan to quell Koreish Sultan mutiny and to bring Koreish Sultan back to Yarkand alive. Koreish Sultan managed to repel all attacks on Turpan from Muhammad Sultan troops that were recruited in Aksu, Bai and

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, but finally it was decided to peacefully settle this conflict. Chalish was given to Hudabende Sultan, son of Koraish Sultan, while Koreish Sultan was exiled to the

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. On 11 Amardād (about 21 July 1589) Moghul Emperor

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travelled to Shihābu-d-dīnpūr in Kashmir. Here Sultan Koreish of Kāshghar arrived and was received with royal favours. His lineage goes back to the great Qāān (

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). He was son of

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in 118 chapters) Translation and research by Akimushkin O.F. Main publishing house of Eastern literature " Nauka".

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,1976 *Kutlukov M '' About foundation of

Yarkand Khanate The Yarkent Khanate, also known as the Yarkand Khanate and the Kashghar Khanate, was a Sunni Muslim Turkic state ruled by the Mongol descendants of Chagatai Khan. It was founded by Sultan Said Khan in 1514 as a western offshoot of Moghulistan, i ...

(1465-1759)''. "Pan" publishing house . Almata,1990 Uyghur people Chagatai khans