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
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, itself an eastern offshoot of the Chagatai Khanate. It was eventually conquered by the Dzungar Khanate in 1705.
Yarkent Khanate
Royal tombs of the Yarkent Khanate at the Altyn Mosque in Yarkand, with tomb of Sultan Said Khan (1533) in the central pavillion
Yarkent dignitaries (葉爾奇木) in Beijing, China, in 1761. 万国来朝图
Dome of Amanni Shahan's mausoleum. Yarkand. 2011
