Uwais Khan

Uwais Khan
Uwais Khan
Khan of Moghulistan
1st reign	1418–1421
Predecessor	Naqsh-i-Jahan
Successor	Sher Muhammad
2nd reign	1425–1429
Predecessor	Sher Muhammad
Successor	Satuq Khan
Died	1429
Spouse	Daulat Sultan Sakanj
Issue	Yunus Khan; Esen Buqa II; Daughter
House	Borjigin
Father	Sher Ali Oglan
Mother	Sultan Khatun
Religion	Islam

Uwais Khan ibn Sher Ali (Chagatai and Persian: اویس خان ابن شیر علی) also referred to as Sultan Vais Khan, was the Moghul Khan of Mughalistan; (first from 1418 to 1421 C.E. and again from 1425 to 1429 C.E.). He was the nephew of Sher Muhammad. In English, his name has been variously spelled and pronounced as either Awais, Owais or Vais.^[1]^[2]

^ Goodrich, L. Carrington; Fang, Chaoying, eds. (1976). Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-03801-1.
^ The Tarikh-i-Rashidi: a history of the Moghuls of central Asia by Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat; Editor: N. Elias, Translated by Sir Edward Denison Ross, Publisher:S. Low, Marston and co., 1895 [1]

[bio-1] Goodrich, L. Carrington; Fang, Chaoying, eds. (1976). Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-03801-1.

[books.google-2] The Tarikh-i-Rashidi: a history of the Moghuls of central Asia by Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat; Editor: N. Elias, Translated by Sir Edward Denison Ross, Publisher:S. Low, Marston and co., 1895 [1]

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