Yesünto'a Explained

Yesünto'a (fl. 13th c.) was the third son of Mutukan, and grandson of Chagatai, founder of the Chagatai Khanate. His brothers were Yesü Möngke and Baidar. His nephew Alghu son of Baidar and his brother Yesu Mongke, both were the Khans of the Chagatai Khanate, as were Yesünto'a's sons Qara Hülëgü (1242-1246, 1252) and Baraq (1266–1271).

Family of Chaghatai Khanates

In Babarnama, written by Mughal emperor Babur, Page 19, Chapter 1; described genealogy of his maternal grandfather Yunas Khan as:

"Yunas Khan descended from Chaghatai Khan, the secondson of Chingiz Khan (as follows,) Yunas Khan, son of WaisKhan, son of Sher-'ali Aughlon, son of Muhammad Khan, sonof Khizr Khwaja Khan, son of Tughluq-timur Khan, son ofAisan-bugha Khan, son of Dawa Khan, son of Baraq Khan,son of Yesuntawa Khan, son of Muatukan, son of ChaghataiKhan, son of Chingiz [Genghis] Khan."^[1]

Genealogy of Abdul Karim Khan

According to Tarikh-i-Rashidi of Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat^[2]

1. Chingiz Khan
2. Chaghatai Khan
3. Mutukan
4. Yesü Nto'a
5. Ghiyas-ud-din Baraq
6. Duwa
7. Esen Buqa I
8. Tughlugh Timur
9. Khizr Khoja
10. Muhammad Khan (Khan of Moghulistan)
11. Shir Ali Oglan
12. Uwais Khan(Vaise Khan)
13. Yunus Khan
14. Ahmad Alaq
15. Sultan Said Khan
16. Abdurashid Khan
17. Abdul Karim Khan (Yarkand)

"Chughtai Khanates" A research project by Dr Abdul Rauf Mughal

Sources

• The family of the Khans

Notes and References

1. The Babur Nama in English, Zahiru'd-din Mubammad Babur Padshah Ghdzt, ANNETTE SUSANNAH BEVERIDGE
2. Book: The Tarikh-i-Rashidi: a history of the Moghuls of central Asia. Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat. N Elias. Sir Edward Denison Ross. Low Marston. 1895. 4 April 2013.