Yarkent Khanate
Yarkent Khanate یارکند سعیدیه خانلیغی يەركەن سەئىدىيە خانلىقى 葉爾羌汗國 | |||||||||
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| 1514–1705 | |||||||||
The Yarkent Khanate, Turpan Khanate, and contemporary Asian polities c. 1600 | |||||||||
| Capital | Yarkent | ||||||||
| Common languages | Chagatai language | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| Khan | |||||||||
• 1514–1533 (first) | Sultan Said Khan | ||||||||
• 1695–1705 (last) | Sultan Muhammad Mumin Khan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1514 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1705 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | China Kyrgyzstan | ||||||||
The Yarkent Khanate, also known as the Yarkand Khanate and the Kashghar Khanate, was a Sunni Muslim Turkic state ruled by the Mongol descendants of Chagatai Khan. It was founded by Sultan Said Khan in 1514 as a western offshoot of Moghulistan, itself an eastern offshoot of the Chagatai Khanate. It was eventually conquered by the Dzungar Khanate in 1705.