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Abū al-Khayr Khān Uzbek
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Abū al-Khayr Khān Uzbek (815–873/1412–1468), was the son of Dawlat Shaykh Ughlān Ibrāhīm b. Pūlād b. Mangū Tīmūr Khān and founder of the Shaybānid dynasty in Central Asia and Transoxania, which ruled over those regions from 832/1429 …

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Kayvani, Majdoddin and Translated by Farzin Negahban, “Abū al-Khayr Khān Uzbek”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 10 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_0098>
First published online: 2015



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