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Sultan Said Khan

1487–1533 · 16th century

Sultan Said Khan was a Chagatai prince who founded the Yarkent Khanate in the Tarim Basin in 1514, taking Kashgar and Yarkand from the Dughlat lord Mirza Abu Bakr. A cousin and ally of Babur, he ruled until his death in 1533 during a campaign against Ladakh and Kashmir.

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