Timurid Empire

The Timurids (Persie: تیموریان‎), self-designatit Gurkānī [2][3][4](Persie: گوركانى‎), wur a Persianate[5][6] Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty o oreeginally Turko-Mongol[6][7][8][9] strynd whose empire includit the whole o Central Asie, Iran, modren Afghanistan, as well as lairge pairts o Pakistan, Indie, Mesopotamie, Anatolie an the Caucasus. It wis foondit bi the militant conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) in the 14t century.

Timurid Dynasty

تیموریان
1370–1507
Banner o Timurid Empire
Flag[a]
The Timurid Empire in 1405.
The Timurid Empire in 1405.
CaipitalSamarkand
(1370–1505)
Herat
(1505–1507)
Common leidsPersie, Chagatay
Releegion
Islam
GovrenmentFeudal monarchy
Emir 
• 1370–1405
Timur (first)
• 1506–1507
Badi' al-Zaman (last)
Historical eraMedieval
• Foondit bi Timur Beg
1370
• Battle o Ankara
1402
• Fall o Herat
1507
Aurie
1405 est.[1]4,400,000 km2 (1,700,000 sq mi)
Precedit bi
Succeedit bi
Chagatai Khanate
Kara Koyunlu
Golden Horde
Khanate o Bukhara
Safavid dynasty
Mughal Empire
Khanate o Khiva
a: Flag accordin tae the Catalan Atlas c. 1375.

In the 16t century, Timurid prince Babur, the ruler o Ferghana, invadit Indie an foondit the Mughal Empire, which ruled maist o the Indian subcontinent till its decline efter Aurangzeb in the early 18t century, an wis formally dissolved bi the British Raj efter the Indian rebellion o 1857.

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