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[[File:Xalil-Sulton.jpg|thumbnail|Khalil Sultan]]
'''Khalil Sultan'''  ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|خلیل سلطان }}}})  wis the [[Timurid Empire|Timurid]] ruler o [[Transoxiana]] frae 1405 tae 1409. He wis a son o [[Miran Shah]] an a grandson o [[Timur]].

==Biography==

Durin Timur's lifetime, Khalil Sultan gained the conqueror's parteecular favor. He distinguisht hissel durin the campaign in [[Indie]] an in 1402 wis gien rule o [[Ferghana]]. Upon Timur's daith in 1405 Khalil viewed himsel as his successor. Timur's appointit successor [[Pir Muhammad]] wis quickly cast aside, an Khalil gained control o [[Samarkand]]. Khalil gained Timur's treasury an bestoued the puppet title o [[Chagatai Khanate|Chagatai Khan]] (which afore haed ayeweys been grantit bi Timur tae a descendant o [[Genghis Khan]] tae legitimize his rule) tae a Timurid prince. Khalil an aa gained an ally, Sultan Husain, who haed previously an aa made claims tae the throne as a grandson o Timur.<ref>Roemer, p. 100</ref>

Meanwhile, [[Shah Rukh]], who wis ruling in [[Herat]], an aa decidit tae press his claims. He advanced tae the [[Oxus River]] against Khalil but turned back when Khalil's faither Miran Shah, as well as his brither [[Aba Bakr]], maricht frae [[Azerbaijan]] in support. Nivertheless, Khalil's poseetion began tae weaken. He wis unpopular in Samarkand, whaur the nobility despised his wife Shad Mulk. The latter haed considerable influence ower Khalil, convincin him tae appynt fowk o law birth tae heich poseetions at the expense o the nobility. A faimin caused him tae be even mair despised. He decidit tae return tae Ferghana wi his umwhile mentor, Khudaidid Husain, who went tae [[Moghulistan]] (the realm o the [[Chagatai Khanate#Chagatayid rule continued in East Turkestan|eastren Chagatai Khans)]] in an attempt tae win thair support.<ref>Roemer, pp. 100-1</ref>

Khalil's rule in Samarkand finally endit when Shah Rukh entered the ceety unopposed on Mey 13, 1409. Transoxiana wis then gien tae Shah Rukh's son [[Ulugh Beg]]. Khalil decidit tae surrender tae Shah Rukh, who haed captured Shad Mulk. He received his wife back, an wis appointit governor o [[Ray, Iran|Ray]]. He dee'd thare in 1411. His wife committit suicide shortly efter his daith.<ref>Roemer, p. 101</ref>
He is an aa the ancestor o Babur, the foonder o the Mughal Empire.

==Notes==
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==References==
* Roemer, H. R. "The Successors of Timur." ''The Cambridge History of Iran Volume 6: The Timurid and Safavid Periods.'' Edited bi Peter Jackson. New York: Cambridge Varsity Press, 1986. ISBN 0521200946

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  | title = [[Timurid dynasty]]
  | years = 1405&ndash;1409
  | before = [[Timur]]
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