Ali Arslan Khan, Ali ibn Musa was the seventh ruler of the

Karakhanids The Kara-Khanid Khanate (; ), also known as the Karakhanids, Qarakhanids, Ilek Khanids or the Afrasiabids (), was a Turkic khanate that ruled Central Asia in the 9th through the early 13th century. The dynastic names of Karakhanids and Ilek ...

. He was the founder of the Alid line of the Karakhanids. Almost nothing is known about his reign except his unsuccessful raid into the

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in 998. His tomb is located in Ordam Padishah, Yengishahar and was an important ''

mazar Mazar of Al-Mazar may refer to: *Mazar (mausoleum); often but not always Muslim mausoleum or shrine. Places *Mazar (toponymy), a component of Arabic toponyms literally meaning shrine, grave, tomb, etc. *Mazar, Afghanistan, a village in Balkh Pro ...

'' shrine and pilgrim site. In September 2020, a report by the

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on Chinese oppression against the Uyghurs' religious practices stated that the site had been completely destroyed by 2019. Since at least 2000, authorities had prevented mass pilgrimage to the site.{{cite web, url=https://madeinchinajournal.com/2020/08/24/the-spatial-cleansing-of-xinjiang-mazar-desecration-in-context/, title=The Spatial Cleansing of Xinjiang: Mazar Desecration in Context, first=Rian, last=Thum, work=Made in China Journal, date=24 August 2020, access-date=26 September 2020 His cousin,

Hasan b. Sulayman Hasan b. Sulayman Bughra Khan (Middle Turkic: بغرا خان) was an energetic ruler of western part of Karakhanid state, ruling nominally under Ali Arslan Khan, but de facto independent. He was the grandson of Satuk Bughra Khan through his sec ...

, gradually became independent of him during his reign.

Family

He had at least five sons: Nasr Khan, Ahmad Toghan Khan, Mansur Arslan Khan, Muhammad and Jafar Tegin.

References

998 deaths 10th-century Turkic people