Shir Muhammad Khán or Sher Muhammad
[Mirza Muhammad Haidar. The Tarikh-i-Rashidi: A History of the Moghuls of Central Asia.Trans. Edward Denison Ross. ] was a Khan of
Moghulistan
Moghulistan (from fa, , ''Moghulestân'', mn, Моголистан), also called the Moghul Khanate or the Eastern Chagatai Khanate (), was a Mongol breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate and a historical geographic area north of the Teng ...
in 1421–1425.
Shir Muhammad Khán شیرمحمّدخان was the son of
Muhammad Khan. Muhammad Khan had several brothers, one of whom was
Shir Ali Oghlán. Shir Ali Oghlán died at the age of eighteen, and thus never attained the rank of Khán. He left one son,
Uwais Khan
Uwais Khan ibn Sher Ali 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 spelle ...
, between whom and Shir Muhammad Khán arose great disputes. Shir Muhammad Khán, who was also a contemporary of
Shah Rukh
Shah Rukh or Shahrukh ( fa, شاهرخ, ''Šāhrokh'') (20 August 1377 – 13 March 1447) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447.
He was the son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynas ...
, enjoyed a longer reign than Muhammad Khán.
He was preceded by the first reign of
Uwais Khan
Uwais Khan ibn Sher Ali 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 spelle ...
. He was followed by the second reign of
Uwais Khan
Uwais Khan ibn Sher Ali 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 spelle ...
.
Chagatai Khanate
References
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Chagatai khans