Moghulistan: Map & History
Moghulistan is mapped in the atlas for 1463 CE – 1518 CE, with a peak mapped extent of about 1,383,470 km².
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Moghulistan, also called the Moghul Khanate or the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, was a Turco-Mongol, Muslim, breakaway khanate of the Chagatai Khanate and a historical geographic area north of the Tengri Tagh mountain range, on the border of Central Asia and East Asia. That area today includes parts of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and northwest Xinjiang. The khanate nominally ruled over the area from the mid-14th century until the late 17th century.
Modern Countries Once Part of Moghulistan
At its mapped extent, Moghulistan covered territory in 3 present-day countries. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
States and Provinces
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside Moghulistan's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
Moghulistan in Depth
History
Arguments about succession resulted in the breakup of the Mongol Empire in Asia into the Chagatai Khanate in Central Asia, Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) in China, Ilkhanate in Persia, and Golden Horde in Desht-i-Kipchak, which waged destructive wars with one another.
Moghulistan, which had formed the eastern portion of the Chagatai Khanate, became independent in 1347 under the Chagatayid named Tughlugh Timur. There is no accepted date for the dissolution of the Chagatai Khanate, although some historians mark it with the ascendance of Tughlugh. There were few contemporary histories of Moghulistan, in contrast to the well-documented Timurid Empire; most of modern knowledge about the region comes from the Tarikh-i-Rashidi, the only primary source for the region.
Geography
Since the Moghuls were nomads of the steppe, the boundaries of their territories seldom stayed the same for long. Still, Moghulistan in the strictest sense was centered in the Ili region. It was bounded on the west by the province of Shash and the Karatau Mountains, while the southern area of Lake Balkhash marked the northern limit of Moghul influence. From there the border gradually sloped in a southeastern direction until it reached the eastern portion of the Tian Shan Mountains. The Tian Shan then served as the southern border of Moghulistan. Besides Moghulistan proper, the Moghuls also nominally controlled modern-day Dzungaria (northern Xinjiang, including the Turpan Depression) and Nanjiang (southern Xinjiang, including the Tarim Basin).
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Moghulistan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Moghulistan: Key Facts
| Capitals | Aksu, Almaliq, Kashgar, Turpan |
|---|---|
| Form of government | monarchy |
| Founded | 1347 |
| Dissolved | 1570 |
Facts from Wikidata Q1191125 (CC0).
Moghulistan Map Over Time
Dated world maps on which Moghulistan appears, with the other states of the time.
Moghulistan Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 1,383,470 km² in 1486 CE.
Moghulistan: Frequently Asked Questions
When did Moghulistan exist?
Moghulistan is dated to 1463 CE – 1518 CE, in the Early Modern & Age of Discovery era.
What was the capital of Moghulistan?
The capital of Moghulistan was Almaliq.
How large was Moghulistan at its peak?
At its peak in 1486 AD Moghulistan covered about 1,383,470 km².
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