Nasr al-Din | |
|---|---|
| Governor of Yunnan (Karadjang) | |
| In office 1279–1292 | |
| Preceded by | Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar |
| Succeeded by | Husayn (Hussein or Hussain)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bukhara, Khwarazmian Empire |
| Died | 1292 Yunnan, Yuan China |
| Nationality | Khwarazmian, Yuan |
| Children | twelve sons in total, the names of five of which are given in his biography, viz. 伯顏察兒 Bo-yen ch'a-r, 烏馬兒 Wu-ma-r, 答法兒 Dje-fa-r (Djafar), 忽先 Hu-sien (Hussein) and 沙的 Sha-di (Saadi) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Yuan dynasty |
| Battles/wars | Mongol invasion of Burma, Mongol invasions of Vietnam |
Nasr al-Din (Persian: نصرالدین; Chinese: 納速剌丁, pinyin: Nàsùládīng) (died 1292) was a provincial governor of Yunnan during the Yuan dynasty, and was the son of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar.
- ^ M. Th Houtsma (1993). First encyclopaedia of Islam: 1913–1936. BRILL. p. 847. ISBN 90-04-09796-1. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
Although Saiyid-i Adjall certainly did much for the propagation of Islam in Yunnan, it is his son Nasir al-Din to whom is ascribed the main credit for its dissemination. He was a minister and at first governed the province of Shansi : he later became governor of Yunnan where he died in 1292 and was succeeded by his brother Husain. It cannot be too strongly emphasised that the direction of this movement was from the interior, from the north. The Muhammadan colonies on the coast were hardly affected by it. On the other hand it may safely be assumed that the Muslims of Yunnan remained in constant communication with those of the northern provinces of Shensi and Kansu.