Ajall Shams al-Din Omar

Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar
Governor of Yunnan[1] (Karadjang)
In office
1274 – 21 August 1279[2]
Preceded bynewly created position, previous ruler was Duan Xingzhi as Emperor of Dali
Succeeded byNasr al-Din
Personal details
Born1211 (1211)
Bukhara, Khwarazmian Empire
Died21 August 1279[2]
Yunnan, Yuan China
NationalityKhwarazmian, Yuan
ChildrenNasr al-Din,[3][4] Hassan, Hussein, Shamsddin Omar, Mas'ud
Military service
AllegianceYuan dynasty
Tomb of Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari ibn Sayyid Kamal ad-Din bin Sayyid Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari, Yunnan, Yuan, China

Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din Omar al-Bukhari (Persian: سید اجل شمس‌الدین عمر بخاری; Chinese: 赛典赤·赡思丁; pinyin: Sàidiǎnchì Shànsīdīng; 1211–21 August 1279[2]) was Yunnan's first provincial governor, appointed by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty of China.

  1. ^ Turnbull, Lesley (September 2014). "In Pursuit of Islamic "Authenticity": Localizing Muslim Identity on China's Peripheries" (PDF). Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review (12): 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c 馬注. 《賽典赤家譜 上》 (in Chinese). 元世祖至元十六年己卯,即南宋端宗景炎三年,七月十三日,王薨於滇省會城。贈守仁佐運安遠濟美功臣、太師、開府儀同三司、上柱國、忠惠咸陽王。妻阿沙塔里路酥,封忠惠夫人。生五子,長納速喇丁、次哈三、三忽辛、四苫剌丁兀墨星、五馬速忽。
  3. ^ Greville Stewart Parker Freeman-Grenville; Stuart C. Munro-Hay (2006). Islam: an illustrated history (illustrated, revised ed.). Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-8264-1837-1. Retrieved 17 July 2011. Yunnan - centuries later destined to achieve a brief autonomy as a rebellious Muslim state ~is said, after the Mongol conquest, to have been given to Sayyid Ajall Shams al-Din 'Umar as governor, who introduced Islam there. His son Nasr al-Din's victory over the king of Mien (Burma, now Myanmar) was recorded by Marco Polo (1277)
  4. ^ Morris Rossabi (28 November 2014). From Yuan to Modern China and Mongolia: The Writings of Morris Rossabi. BRILL. pp. 271–272. ISBN 978-90-04-28529-3.