Daulat Beg Oldi is a traditional campsite and current military base located in the midst of the Karakoram Range in northern Ladakh, India. It is on the historic trade route between Ladakh and the Tarim Basin, and is the last campsite before the Karakoram Pass. It is said to be named after Sultan Said Khan, who died here on his return journey from an invasion of Ladakh and Kashmir. Chip Chap River, the main headwater of the Shyok River, flows just to the south. The Line of Actual Control with Chinese-controlled Aksai Chin is five miles to the east.
Indian Air Force Antonov An-32 taking off from Daulat Beg Oldi ALG
Chinese claim lines in the Depsang Plains: 1956 claim line in green, 1960 claim line in dark brown, 1962 ceasefire line in orange.
Sultan Said Khan 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.
Moghulistan in around 1372 CE
Yarkent Khanate in 1572 during rule of grandson of Sultan Said Khan Abdul Karim Khan(1560–1591)
Royal Cemetery Altyn of Moghul Khans of Yarkand Khanate (1465–1705) in Yarkand with tombs of Sultan Said Khan (1514–1533), Abdurashid Khan (1533–1560), Abdul Karim Khan (1560–1591), Muhammad Khan (1591–1609), Shudja ad-Din Ahmad Khan (1609–1618), Sultan Abdal Latif (Afak Khan) (1618–1630) and other members of this dynasty
Tomb of Sultan Said Khan in Royal Cemetery Altyn (Golden) of Moghul Khans in Yarkand