Overview
Musa, son of Satuq Bughra Khan, continued his father's work of making the Karakhanids a Muslim power. His reign is poorly recorded; its length and even his titles vary between modern lists, which end it anywhere between 958 and 970.
Rise to Power
He succeeded his father in 955. Some reconstructions make him the senior khan and his brother Sulayman the junior khan in the west.
Rule and Achievements
- In 960, according to Ibn al-Athir, some 200,000 tents of Turks accepted Islam
- Fought the Buddhist kingdom of Khotan; Chinese records show Khotan sending spoils, among them an elephant, to the Song court in 971 after a victory over Kashgar
Legacy
His son Ali and his nephew Hasan led the next generation, which carried the Karakhanids into Transoxiana.