Sultan Mahmud Khan (d. 1402) was Khan of the Western Chagatai Khanate (1384-1402). He was the son of Suurgatmish. Events September 14 - Battle of Homildon Hill. ... Chagatai Khan (alternative spellings Chagata, Chugta, Chagta, Djagatai, Jagatai), a son of Genghis Khan (1206—1227), controlled the part of the Mongol Empire which extended from the Ili river (eastern Kazakhstan) and Kashgaria (western Tarim Basin) to Transoxiana. ... Events May / September 3 - Siege of Lisbon by the Castilian army, during the 1383-1385 Crisis Births Deaths December 31 - John Wyclif, theologian Categories: 1384 ...
Upon his father's death in 1384, Sultan Mahmud was made khan by Timur. Like Suurgatmish, Sultan Mahmud was completely powerless, and served as a puppet for Timur. Coins in his name were produced by Timur during his lifetime. Sultan Mahmud's death in 1402 marked the end of the western Chagatai Khans, who had long been mere figureheads anyway. Whether or not anyone was appointed to succeed him as khan is unknown (at least by this writer); anyone that did succeed him would have been equally powerless, and even less important. Reconstruction of Timur from exhumation of his tomb. ...
Mahmud was the son of a Turkish slave, who in 977 became ruler of Ghazna.
The young and ambitious Mahmud aspired to be a great monarch, and in more than 20 successful expeditions he amassed the wealth with which to lay the foundation of a vast empire that eventually included Kashmir, the Punjab, and a great part of Iran.
Mahmud's example was followed by his nobles and courtiers, and Ghazna soon was transformed into the most brilliant cultural centre in Central Asia.
SultanMahmud Ghaznawi at the age of 27 announced his claim to the throne of Afghanistan and his brother Ismael announced his claim to be king from the city of Balkh.
SultanMahmud would place his prisoners of war in jail and never hanged him for any reason, he would let them die in prison instead.
In 1030 SultanMahmud Fell gravely ill and died at the age of 59.
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