Yunus Khan

Yunus Khan
Khan of Moghulistan
Central Asia around 1450 A.D.
Mogul Khan of Moghulistan
Reignc. 1462 – 1487
PredecessorEsen Buqa II (Western Moghulistan)
Kebek Sultan (Eastern Moghulistan)
SuccessorMahmud Khan (Western Moghulistan)
Ahmad Alaq (Eastern Moghulistan)
Bornc. 1416
Moghulistan
Diedc. 1487
(aged 70–71)
Tashkent Moghulistan
(now present day Uzbekistan)
SpouseAisan Daulat Begum
Shah Begum
IssueMihr Nigar Khanum
Qutlugh Nigar Khanum
Khub Nigar Khanum
Mahmud Khan
Ahmad Alaq
Sultan Nigar Khanum
Daulat Sultan Khanum
Names
Yunus Khan bin Uwais Khan
HouseBorjigin Dynasty
FatherUwais Khan
MotherDaulat Sultan Sakanj
ReligionSunni Islam

Yunus Khan (b. 1416 – d. 1487) (Chagatai and Persian: یونس خان), was Khan of Moghulistan from 1462 until his death in 1487. He is identified by many historians with Ḥājjī `Ali (Chinese: 哈只阿力, Pinyin: Hazhi Ali; Chagatai and Persian: حاجی علی), of the contemporary Chinese records.[1][2] He was the maternal grandfather of Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire.

Yunus Khan was a direct male-line descendant of Genghis Khan, through his son Chagatai Khan.

  1. ^ Rossabi 1976
  2. ^ Morris Rossabi (28 November 2014). From Yuan to Modern China and Mongolia: The Writings of Morris Rossabi. BRILL. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-90-04-28529-3.