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Tarmashirin, khan of Transoxiana

ترماشين بن دوا ملك ما وراء النهر

Tarmashirin ibn Duwa Temur ibn Halu, khan of the Chaghatayids at Samarkand and Transoxiana; their kingship had lurched after Jafhtay's line until Jankishi ibn Duwa Temur held it — when the throne passed to Tarmashirin he embraced Islam, the first of the Chaghatayid kings in whom Islam appeared at Samarkand and Transoxiana.

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Roles
Ruler
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Overview

Tarmashirin ibn Dawa Temur ibn Halu, king of the Chaghatayid Mongols in Samarqand and Transoxiana. Their rule was unsettled after their first state, until Jankshi ibn Dawa Temur became king 1.

Conversion to Islam

Ibn Khaldun reports that when the kingdom passed to Tarmashirin, he became a Muslim. He was the first of the Chaghatayid kings in whom Islam appeared in Samarqand and Transoxiana 1.

Sources

  1. Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun , p.1537
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islam.museum contributors. “Tarmashirin, khan of Transoxiana”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/tarmashirin-khan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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