Bughra Khan al-Qarakhani

بقراخان الخاقاني

c. 1012 CE · c. 403 AH

Bughra Khan of the Qarakhanid Turkic kings; drawn into the Samanid lands by Abu Ali ibn Simjur's tempting of him with Bukhara in that dynasty's collapse, he took their country piece by piece, routed Nuh ibn Mansur's armies and captured his commander Anj, entered Bukhara until Nuh's return — then, departing sick, died on the road in the year the text reads as 403 of the fourth century; pious, just, of good conduct, a Sunni-leaning honourer of scholars, succeeded by his brother Ilig Khan Sulayman.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
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Persia & Central Asia
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موجز

بقراخان من ملوك الترك الخاقانيين، وأول من فتح بخارى من الخاقانيين. يروي ابن خلدون أنه طمع في بلاد بني سامان بإغواء أبي علي بن سمجور عند اضطراب دولتهم. قصد أعمالهم وملكها شيئاً فشيئاً، وهزم عساكر الأمير نوح بن منصور، وأسر قائده أنج. دخل بخارى حتى رجع عنها نوح. 1

وفاته وسيرته

ارتحل من بخارى وهو مريض، فأدركه الموت في الطريق. يصفه ابن خلدون بأنه ديّن عادل حسن السيرة، يحب العلماء وأهل الدين ويكرمهم، متشيع سنّي. وولي بعده أخوه ايلك خان سليمان. 1

تنبيه على التاريخ

النص يقرأ سنة وفاته «ثلاث وثمانين وأربعمائة»، وبيانات المتحف تسجلها بنحو 403هـ تقريباً مع تحويل مشتق إلى 1012م. فالقراءة عرضة لخلط المسح الضوئي بين ثلاثمائة وأربعمائة. وهذا يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي.

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Qarakhanid dynasty

People and things also explored

Ilig Khan Sulayman al-Qarakhani· Sabuq Qara Khan· Qarakhanid dynasty

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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Ilig Khan Sulayman al-Qarakhani

Ilig Khan Sulayman, Bughra Khan's brother, laqab Shihab al-Dawla; he secured the Turkestan kingship after his brother, sheltered the refugee amir Fa'iq and interceded to seat him at Samarkand — then, coveting Bukhara, marched the Turkic hosts in feigned protection of Abd al-Malik, seized Buktuzun and the amirs, entered Bukhara on 10 Dhu'l-Qa'da of year 389 on the text's reading, imprisoned Abd al-Malik till he died of grief and the deposed Abu'l-Harith Mansur with him — ending the Samanid state — and later routed Ismail al-Muntasir the last Samanid near Usrushana.