Korguz
Korguz (died 1242) was an Uyghur governor of Khorasan<ref>Genghis Khan: his life and legacy By Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison Haining, pg. 204</ref> during the reign of the Mongol ruler Ogedei Khan. He began his career teaching Mongol children and thereafter assumed governorship of Khorasan.<ref>Genghis Khan: his life and legacy By Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison Haining, pg. 338</ref> Originally a Buddhist, he converted to Islam later in his life.<ref>The Cambridge history of Iran, Volume 5 By University of Cambridge, pg. 204</ref> Korguz defied the family of the recently deceased Chagatai. For this reason, he was ordered to death by Töregene Khatun who directed that stones be stuffed into his mouth in public until Korguz fatally choked.<ref>The Secret History of the Mongol Queens, by Jack Weatherford, pg. 96</ref>
