Nasr al-Din (Yunnan)

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)
Personal details
Born	Bukhara
Died	1292 Yunnan
Nationality	Khwarezmian
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)
Religion	Islam
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; Vietnamese: Ô Mã Nhi) (died 1292) was a provincial governor of Yunnan during the Yuan dynasty, and was the son of Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar.

Nasr al-Din was of Central Asian origin, being a Muslim Khwarezmian from Bukhara. His father was the prominent leader Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar. When Genghis Khan attacked the city during the war between the Khwarizmi shah and the Mongols, Sayyid Ajjal Shams al-Din Omar's family surrendered to him. Sayyid Ajjal served the court of the Mongol Empire. Later, Sayyid Ajjal was in charge of Imperial finances in 1259, sent to Yunnan by Kublai Khan after conquering the Kingdom of Dali in 1274.

In the thirteenth century the influence of individual Muslims was immense, especially that of the Seyyid Edjell Shams ed-Din Omar, who served the Mongol Khans till his death in Yunnan AD 1279. His family still exists in Yunnan, and has taken a prominent part in Muslim affairs in China.

Nasr al-Din is identified as the ancestor of many Chinese Hui lineages in Yunnan's Panthay Hui population as well as in Ningxia and Fujian provinces.

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