Oghulchak Khan
| Oghulchak Khan | |
|---|---|
| Khagan of Karakhanids | |
| Reign | 9th century |
| Predecessor | Bazir Arslan Khan |
| Successor | Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan |
| House | Karakhanid dynasty |
| Father | Bilge Kul Qadir Khan |
| Religion | Tengrism |
Oghulchak Arslan Khan (9th century) was the last Karakhanid ruler professing native Turkic religion Tengriism. He was a lesser Bughra khan during his elder brother Bazir Arslan's rule in the west. He was titled Arslan khan after his ascension to the throne.
Reign
He may have clashed with Samanid emir Ismail in Talas, 893.[1]After withdrawing to Kashgar, he welcomed the influx of Muslim traders in city, even allowing them to build a mosque in the town of Artux just outside Kashgar. Growing Muslim presence led to secret conversion of his nephew, lesser Satuq Bughra Khan. When Oghulchak heard that Satuq had become a Muslim, he demanded that Satuq build a Tengriist temple to show that he hadn't converted. Nasr, Persian merchant who made Satuq to convert Islam, advised Satuq that he should pretend to build a temple but with the intention of building a mosque in his heart.[2] The khagan, after seeing Satuq starting to build the temple stopped him, believing that he had not converted. Afterwards, Satuq obtained a fatwa which permitted him in effect to kill his uncle, after which he conquered Kashgar.
References
- ^ Sinor, Denis; Denis, Sinor (1990). The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. p. 357. ISBN 9780521243049.
- ^ Robert Shaw (1878). A Sketch of the Turki Language as Spoken in Eastern Turkistan (Kashgar and ... Oxford University. Baptist Mission Press.