Talk:Daulat Beg Oldi

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Daulat Baig
Daulat Baig in the history/etymology could be lower case. It literally means "wealthy/state baig". Baig being title for a chief in Islamic countries back in the days. --Voidvector (talk) 03:08, 25 December 2019 (UTC)


 * The "nobleman" was very much likely Sultan Said Khan of Yarkent Khanate. However, the 3 book sources I used all provide conflicting accounts of the actual incident:
 * * - died on returning from an unsuccessful attempt to invade Tibet in 1527
 * * - died on returning from successful campaign against Western Tibet
 * * - died on returning from campaigning in Lakadh in 1533
 * Based on common description, the bold text is the conflicting item in each source. --Voidvector (talk) 14:51, 2 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for unearthing this information. Even though I knew that Sultan Said Khan died while returning from Ladakh, I didn't make the connection with DBO because "Beg" normally means a commander, much lower in rank than a Sultan. The actual campaigning was done by his general Mirza Haidar Dughlat. Said Khan probably camped out in Ladakh and issued orders. (Note that "West Tibet" and Ladakh were practically synonymous at this time. It would be another hundred years before Lhasa took control of West Tibet.)
 * In my view, this was a major event in the history of Kashmir, which ensured the spread of Islam in the northern Kashmir (Baltistan and Gilgit), built links between these regions and Yarkand/Kashgar, and possibly even established Leh as the trading entrepot, a primacy that lasted until the Communist takeover of China. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 01:34, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * So, it was by no means "unsuccessful", but it was short-lived. Dughlat came back again in the service of Humayun and governed Kashmir for a decade. The Kashmiris apparently killed him. Next, Akbar conquered Kashmir and integrated it into the Mughal Empire. Ladakh was left alone until it faced an invasion from Lhasa and was forced to join the Mughal Empire nominally. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 02:40, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I expanded upon it into a subsection. It was one of those things where the history is more interesting than modern invented tourist fiction. I tried to keep it brief but it was still a lot. There are some ambiguities in the sources, but I think it is fine. Feel free to edit it, cut it down, or give more context. --Voidvector (talk) 06:41, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I expanded upon it into a subsection. It was one of those things where the history is more interesting than modern invented tourist fiction. I tried to keep it brief but it was still a lot. There are some ambiguities in the sources, but I think it is fine. Feel free to edit it, cut it down, or give more context. --Voidvector (talk) 06:41, 3 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Also Tibetans were in Gilgit-Baltistan in 600s, duking it out with Tang. See history section of that article. I wrote most it :) Though I guess they might not have recovered from the Mongols yet.--Voidvector (talk) 06:57, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Indeed, around 600 AD, the Tang Chinese and the Tibetans were fiercely contesting for the "four garrisons" of the Tarim Basin. The entry of Umayyad Caliphate seems to have complicated the picture. But after Glang Darma (around 900 AD), Tibet fissured, and West Tibet became independent. See the page on Maryul. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 11:33, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * And, your new section is brilliant! No need to change anything. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 11:57, 3 January 2020 (UTC)

"Mughal era"
It really doesn’t make sense to label the subsection as the "Mughal era". This time period was the "Mughal era" for other places at the time, but this wasn't the Mughal era in Ladakh and they weren’t involved in this expedition.

Sultan Said Khan was from Moghulistan and ruled the Yarkent Khanate. The expedition was Yarkandi did not involve the forces of the Mughals. The Mughals came from Moghulistan, but they did not come from the Yashkent Khanate. The Mughal Empire had relations with the Yarkand Khanate in the 1600s, but had no role in the actual expedition and did not control the region of Daulat Beg Oldi. — MarkH21talk 20:21, 13 August 2020 (UTC)


 * They were the still same community of "Mughals" no matter where they came from.
 * In any case, it is labelled as the "Mughal era" for the time period. It is quite normal to periodise the history in this way. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 20:40, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * It's normal to periodize the history of places controlled by the Mughal Empire during the time periods when they were controlled by the Mughal Empire in this way. Here, it's just inappropriate to label an expedition by non-Mughal Yarkandis into a non-Mughal Maryul area under "Mughal era". They both came from Moghulistan, but they are not the same. It's like labeling "Byzantine era" for events in Western Europe during the Western Roman Empire or labeling events in areas controlled by the Maratha Empire at the time under "Mughal era".It's also not like "Expedition of Sultan Said Khan" is at all inaccurate for describing the subsection dedicated to that expedition. The alternatives "Maryul era", "Kingdom of Ladakh era", and "Namgyal era" also make more sense than "Mughal era". — MarkH21talk 21:05, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I am afraid you have a wild imagination. Said Khan was very much a Mughal and the "Yarkent Khanate" was no more than a branch of Moghulistan.
 * There was nevertheless some kind of gamesmanship between the two groups of Moghuls as both of them contested the intervening areas like Ladakh, Kashmir and Badakhshan. That seems to have ended with Said Khan's death and Mirza Haidar Dughlat joined the Indian Mughals. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 21:28, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Said Khan was a Moghul (in the sense of Moghulistan), but not a Mughal (Mughal Empire). The Yarkent Khanate was a branch of Moghulistan and close to the Mughal Empire, but not part of the Mughal Empire. As your quote says itself, Said Khan was treated as an honoured guest. Said Khan and Babur were rulers of different states. The Mughal Empire did not rule Ladakh in this time period and did not participate in the expedition. This is either the "Maryul era", "Namgyal era", "Kingdom of Ladakh era", "16th century", "Expedition of Said Khan", or even "Moghul era" (despite its ambiguity and neither having control of Ladakh at the time). But it was not the "Mughal era" for Daulat Beg Oldi or Ladakh. Are you adamant that none of these other subsection titles are fitting and that it must be "Mughal era"? — MarkH21talk 22:17, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I changed it to "Expedition of Said Khan". One of the other listed alternatives would also be fine. But if you still think that it should be "Mughal era", then we'll probably need DR. — MarkH21talk 01:59, 17 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I changed it to "Expedition of Said Khan". One of the other listed alternatives would also be fine. But if you still think that it should be "Mughal era", then we'll probably need DR. — MarkH21talk 01:59, 17 August 2020 (UTC)