Soyurgatmish Explained

Soyurgatmish
Succession:Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate
Reign:1370–1388
Predecessor:Khabul Shah
Successor:Sultan Mahmud
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:1388
Issue:Sultan Mahmud
Urun Sultan Khanika
Father:Danishmendji

Soyurghatmïsh Khan (died 1388) was the khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1370–1388). He was the son of Danishmendji, of the House of Ogedei.

When Timur gained control of the territory of the Western Chagatai Khanate in the 1360s, he did not abolish the office of Khan. Instead, in order to legitimatize his authority, he placed on the throne Soyurgatmish, who was not a member of the house of Chagatai Khan, but from the house of Ogedei. Timur ruled as an amir in Soyurgatmish's name. The Khan, however, was only a ceremonial figure, and Timur held all of the power within the state. Upon Soyurgatmish's death in 1388, he was replaced by his son Sultan Mahmud.

His daughter Urun Sultan Khanika was married to Timur's son Miran Shah.[1]

References

Preceded by:
Khabul Shah
Western Chagatai Khan
1370 - 1384
Followed by:
Sultan Mahmud

Notes and References

  1. John E Woods, The Timurid Dynasty (1990), p. 33