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Shams-i-Jahan

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Shams-i-Jahan
Khan of Mughlistan
Reign1399–1408
PredecessorKhizr Khoja
SuccessorMuhammad Khan
Bornunknown
Died1408
IssueNaqsh-i-Jahan
Husn Nigar Khanika
Mihr Nigar Khanika
HouseBorjigin
FatherKhizr Khoja

Shams-i-Jahan (Chagatai and Persian: شمس جهان) was Khan of Mughlistan from 1399 to 1408.

Family

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He was the son of Khizr Khoja.[1] Two of his daughters were married to grandsons of the Central Asian conqueror Timur: Husn Nigar Khanika to Ulugh Beg and Mihr Nigar Khanika to his brother, Muhammad Juki.[2]

Succession

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Preceded by Khan of Mughlistan
1399–1408
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ René Grousset, The Empire of the Steppes: A History of Central Asia (1970), pp. 425
  2. ^ John E Woods, The Timurid Dynasty (1990), pp. 43, 45