Kuchkunji Khan (1452–1531) - a descendant of the Timurid Mirzo
Ulugbek
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh ( chg, میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ, fa, میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاہ رخ), better known as Ulugh Beg () (22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), was a Timurid Empire, Tim ...
, the third representative of the Uzbek dynasty of Shaybanids, who ruled in the
Bukhara Khanate
The Khanate of Bukhara (or Khanate of Bukhoro) ( fa, , Khānāt-e Bokhārā; ) was an Uzbek state in Central Asia from 1500 to 1785, founded by the Abu'l-Khayrid dynasty, a branch of the Shaybanids. From 1533 to 1540, Bukhara briefly became its ...
in 1512–1531.
After the death of
Muhammad Shaybani
Muhammad Shaybani Khan ( uz, Muhammad Shayboniy, also known as Abul-Fath Shaybani Khan or Shayabak Khan or Shahi Beg Khan, originally named "Shibägh", which means " wormwood" or "obsidian") (c. 1451 – 2 December 1510), was an Uzbek leader ...
Khan, his uncle, a descendant of Mirzo
Ulugbek
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh ( chg, میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ, fa, میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاہ رخ), better known as Ulugh Beg () (22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), was a Timurid Empire, Tim ...
,
Suyunchkhoja Khan (1511–1512), was elected the Supreme Khan of the dynasty for a short time. At the end of 1512, all the Shaybanid sultans gathered in
Samarkand
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and, with the consent of
Ubaydulla Khan, called here the elder brother of Sunchkhoja Khan, Kuchkunji Sultan, to be the ruler. After that, Suyunchhoja Khan renounces the title of Supreme Khan and, as seniority, transfers it to his older brother. Kuchkunji Khan (1512–1530) becomes the Supreme Khan of the Bukharan khanate.
In 1513–1523, Kuchkunji Khan carried out a monetary reform, which, unlike Shaybani Khan's monetary reform, was less thoughtful and took about 10 years. However, it contributed to the growth of the economy and trade.
The title of Kuchkunji Khan "Sultan Khakan Abu Mansur Bahadurkhan", as well as the names of the first four caliphs, were placed on the coins.
[Davidovich Ye. A. Nadpisi na sredneaziatskikh serebryanykh monetakh XVI v. — V: Epigrafika Vostoka // Epigrafika Vostoka. — 1953. — Vyp. 7, p.31.]
References
Sources
* Robert D. McChesney. Central Asia VI. In the 16th-18th Centuries / ''Encyclopædia Iranica'' — Vol. V, Fasc. 2, pp. 176−193
* Robert D. McChesney, ''Waqf in Central Asia: Four Hundred Years in the History of a Muslim Shrine, 1480–1889''. Princeton University Press, 1991
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1452 births
1531 deaths
Khanate of Bukhara