Tughlugh Timur

Tughlugh Timur (1312/13–1363) was the first khan of the Eastern Chagatai khanate, or Moghulistan. In 1347–1348 the Dughlat amir Bulaji brought the young Chagatai prince to power at Almalik, after more than a decade without a khan. Persuaded by the khoja Jamal ad-Din, he embraced Islam and in 1353 made his faith public, with one hundred and sixty thousand Moghuls said to convert with him.

Seeking to reunite the ulus, he invaded Transoxiana in 1360 and again in 1361, and in 1362 left his son Ilyas Khoja as viceroy there. He died in 1363 and the reunification collapsed.