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Tomb of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan

Who rests here

Saints · died 344 AH · Artush

Of the Karakhanid dynasty, he is known as the first Turkic ruler to convert to Islam; raised in Kashgar under his uncle Oghulchak, he met the scholar Abu Nasr ibn Mansur and converted around 920 CE, taking the name Abd al-Karim.

Full biography of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (Abd al-Karim) →(the text above is quoted from the person's record)

How to get there

Located in: Artush

Coordinates: 39.68772, 76.17486

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Sources

The information on this page is derived from the person's sourced record:

  • TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (DİA)

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Permanent ID: EA-Y-000353 · this address reaches the same record even if its name changes; use it when citing.