Foreign Relations
During Shah Rukh's rule, relations between the Timurid state and the Ming China of Yongle and his descendants normalized, as compared to the era of Timur and the Hongwu Emperor, who almost started a war (which was averted only due to the death of Timur). Chinese embassies, led by Chen Cheng, visited Samarqand and Herat several times in 1414-1420, while a large embassy sent by Shah Rukh (and immortalized by its diarist, Ghiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh) traveled to China in 1419-1422.
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