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Mansur Khan

d. 1545 · 16th century

Mansur Khan was a Chagatai khan of eastern Moghulistan who ruled from Turpan in the first half of the 16th century. The son of Sultan Ahmad Khan, he waged repeated wars with the Ming dynasty over Hami and campaigned against the Oirats. Under his rule the conversion of the Turpan Uyghurs to Islam was largely completed.

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