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Timurid dynasty

Turco-Mongol dynasty (1370–1857)

Field	Value
name	Timurid dynasty
native_name	گورکانیان
native_name_lang	fa
region	Central Asia
Greater Iran
Indian peninsula
parent house	Barlas
cadet_branches	Mughal dynasty
founded	9 April 1370
founder	Timur
final ruler	Bahadur Shah II
dissolution	21 September 1857
image	File:Timur reconstruction03.jpg
caption	Timur, the founder of the Timurid dynasty
traditions	Sunni Islam (Hanafi)

Note

the royal family

name=Timurid dynasty

Timurid Empire
Mughal Empire Greater Iran Indian peninsula
Emir
Khan
Beg
Sheikh
Gurkani
Mirza
Sahib Qiran
Sultan
Shah
Padishah
1507 (Timurid Empire)
21 September 1857 (Mughal Empire)

The Timurid dynasty, self-designated as Gurkani, was the ruling dynasty of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507). It was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or Barlās clan of Turco-Mongol origin descended from the warlord Timur (also known as Tamerlane). The word "Gurkani" derives from Gurkân (گورکان)—a Persianized form of the Mongolian word kürgen, meaning 'son-in-law'. This was an honorific title used by the dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. Members of the Timurid dynasty signaled the Timurid Renaissance, and they were strongly influenced by Persian culture and established two significant empires in history, the Timurid Empire (1370–1507) based in Persia and Central Asia, and the Mughal Empire (1526–1857) based in the Indian subcontinent.

Origins

Main article: Barlas, Turco-Mongol tradition, Turco-Persian tradition, Persianate society

The origin of the Timurid dynasty goes back to the Mongol tribe known as Barlas, who were remnants of the Mongol army of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire. After the Mongol conquest of Central Asia, the Barlas settled in what is today southern Kazakhstan, from Shymkent to Taraz and Almaty, which then came to be known for a time as Moghulistan – "Land of Mongols" in Persian – and intermingled to a considerable degree with the local Turkic and Turkic-speaking population, so that at the time of Timur's reign the Barlas had become thoroughly Turkicized in terms of language and habits.

Additionally, by adopting Islam, the Central Asian Turks and Mongols adopted Persian literary and high culture which had dominated Central Asia since the early days of Islamic influence. Persian literature was instrumental in the assimilation of the Timurid elite into Perso-Islamic courtly culture.

List of rulers

Timurid Empire

Titular name	Personal name	Reign
Timur ruled over the Chagatai Khanate with Soyurghatmïsh Khan as nominal Khan followed by Sultan Mahmud Khan. He himself adopted the Muslim Arabic title of Amir. In essence the Khanate was finished and the Timurid Empire was firmly established.
Amir
Timur Lang
Timur Beg Gurkani
1370–1405
Amir
Pir Muhammad bin Jahangir Mirza
1405–1407
Amir
Khalil Sultan bin Miran Shah
1405–1409
Amir
Shahrukh Mirza
1405–1447
Amir
Ulugh Beg
Mirza Muhammad Tāraghay
1447–1449
Division of Timurid Empire

Transoxiana	Khurasan/Herat/Fars/Iraq-e-Ajam
Abdal-Latif Mirza
Padarkush
(Father Killer)
1449–1450
Abdullah Mirza
1450–1451	Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza
1451–1457
	Mirza Shah Mahmud
1457
	Ibrahim Sultan
1457–1459
Abu Sa'id Mirza
(Although Abu Sa'id Mirza re-united most of the Timurid heartland in Central Asia with the help of Uzbek Chief, Abul-Khayr Khan (grandfather of Muhammad Shayabani Khan), he agreed to divide Iran with the Black Sheep Turkomen under Jahan Shah, but the White Sheep Turkomen under Uzun Hassan defeated and killed first Jahan Shah and then Abu Sa'id. After Abu Sa'id's death another era of fragmentation follows.)
1451–1469
**Transoxiana is divided	Sultan Husayn Bayqara
1469 1st reign
	Yadgar Muhammad Mirza
1470 (6 weeks)
	Sultan Husayn Bayqara
1470–1506 2nd reign
	Uzbeks under Muhammad Shayabak Khan Conquer Herat

Abu Sa'id's sons divided Transoxiana upon his death, into Samarkand, Bukhara, Hissar, Balkh, Kabul and Farghana.

Samarkand	Bukhara	Hissar	Farghana	Balkh	Kabul
Sultan Ahmad Mirza
1469–1494	Umar Shaikh Mirza II
1469–1494	Sultan Mahmud Mirza
1469–1495	Ulugh Beg Mirza II
1469 – 1502
Sultan Baysonqor Mirza bin Mahmud Mirza
1495–1497	Sultan Ali bin Mahmud Mirza
1495–1500	Sultan Masud Mirza bin Mahmud Mirza
1495 – ?	Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
1494–1497	Khusrau Shah
(Usurper)
? – 1504	Mukim Beg Arghun
(Usurper)
? – 1504
Uzbeks under Muhammad Shayabak Khan
1500–1501	Jahangir Mirza II
(puppet of Sultan Ahmed Tambol)
1497 – 1503	Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
1504–1504
Uzbeks under Muhammad Shayabak Khan
1503–1504	Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
1504–1511
Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
(Never till his conquest of India were the dominions of Babur as extensive as at this period. Like his grandfather Abu Sa'id Mirza, he managed to re-unite the Timurid heartland in Central Asia with the help of Shah of Iran, Ismail I. His dominions stretched from the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains to the farthest limits of Ghazni and comprehended Kabul and Ghazni;Kunduz and Hissar; Samarkand and Bukhara; Farghana; Tashkent and Seiram)
1511–1512
Uzbeks under Ubaydullah Sultan re-conquer Transoxiana and Balkh
1512	Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
1512–1530
Timurid Empire in Central Asia becomes extinct under the Khanate of Bukhara of the Uzbeks. However, Timurid dynasty moves on to conquer India under the leadership of Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur in 1526 C.E. and established the Timurid dynasty of India.

Mughal Empire

Main article: Mughal emperors

Emperor	Birth	Reign Period	Death	Notes
Babur	14 February 1483	21 April 1526 – 26 December 1530	1530	Was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother and was descendant of Timur through his father. Founded the Mughal Empire after his victories at the First Battle of Panipat and the Battle of Khanwa.
Humayun	6 March 1508	26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540	27 January 1556	Reign interrupted by Sur Empire. Youth and inexperience at ascension led to his being regarded as a less effective ruler than a usurper, Sher Shah Suri.
Sher Shah Suri	1486	17 May 1540 – 22 May 1545	22 May 1545	Deposed Humayun and led the Sur Empire.
Islam Shah Suri	1507	1545–1554	1554	Second and last ruler of the Sur Empire, claims of sons Sikandar and Adil Shah were eliminated by Humayun's restoration.
Humayun	6 March 1508	22 June 1555 – 27 January 1556	27 January 1556	Restored rule was more unified and effective than the initial reign of 1530–1540; left a unified empire for his son, Akbar.
Akbar	15 October 1542	11 February 1556 – 27 October 1605	27 October 1605	He and Bairam Khan defeated Hemu during the Second Battle of Panipat and later won famous victories during the Siege of Chittorgarh and the Siege of Ranthambore; He greatly expanded the Empire and is regarded as the most illustrious ruler of the Mughal Empire as he set up the empire's various institutions; One of his most famous construction marvels was the Lahore Fort and Agra Fort.
Jahangir	31 August 1569	3 November 1605 – 28 October 1627	28 October 1627	Jahangir set the precedent for sons rebelling against their emperor fathers. Opened first relations with the British East India Company.
Shah Jahan	5 January 1592	19 January 1628 – 31 July 1658	22 January 1666	Under him, Mughal art and architecture reached their zenith; constructed the Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, Red Fort, Jahangir mausoleum, and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore. Deposed by his son Aurangzeb.
Aurangzeb	3 November 1618	31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707	3 March 1707	He reinterpreted Islamic law and presented the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri; he captured the diamond mines of the Sultanate of Golconda; he spent the major part of his last 27 years in the war with the Maratha rebels; at its zenith, his conquests expanded the empire to its greatest extent; the over-stretched empire was controlled by Mansabdars, and faced challenges after his death. He is known to have transcribed copies of the Qur'an using his styles of calligraphy.
Bahadur Shah I	14 October 1643	19 June 1707–27 February 1712	27 February 1712	First of the Mughal emperors to preside over an empire ravaged by uncontrollable revolts. After his reign, the empire went into steady decline due to the lack of leadership qualities among his immediate successors.
Jahandar Shah	10 May 1661	29 March 1712 – 11 February 1713	11 February 1713	The son of Bahadur Shah I, he was an unpopular and incompetent titular figurehead; he attained the throne after his father's death by his victory in battle over his brother, who was killed.
Farrukhsiyar	20 August 1683	11 January 1713 – 9 April 1719	9 April 1719	His reign marked the ascendancy of the manipulative Syed Brothers, execution of the rebellious Banda. In 1717 he granted a Firman to the English East India Company granting them duty-free trading rights in Bengal. The Firman was repudiated by the notable Murshid Quli Khan the Mughal appointed ruler of Bengal.
Rafi Ul-Darjat	1 December 1699	28 February – 6 June 1719	6 June 1719
Rafi Ud-Daulat	June 1696	6 June – 17 September 1719	18 September 1719
Muhammad Ibrahim	9 August 1703	15 October – 13 November 1720	31 January 1746
Muhammad Shah	7 August 1702	27 September 1719 – 26 April	26 April 1748	title= History Modern India	author= S. N. Sen	publisher= New Age International	pages=11–13, 41–43	year= 2006	isbn= 978-81-224-1774-6 }}
Ahmad Shah Bahadur	23 December 1725	29 April 1748 – 2 June 1754	1 January 1775
Alamgir II	6 June 1699	3 June 1754 – 29 November 1759	29 November 1759	He was murdered according to by the Vizier Imad-ul-Mulk and Maratha associate Sadashivrao Bhau.
Shah Jahan III	1711	10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760	1772	Was ordained to the imperial throne as a result of the intricacies in Delhi with the help of Imad-ul-Mulk. He was later deposed by Maratha Sardars.
Shah Alam II	25 June 1728	10 October 1760 – 31 July 1788, 16 October 1788 – 19 November 1806	19 November 1806	url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_VLlGqVSoC&q=mirza+jawan+bakht&pg=PA767	title=Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material	volume= 3	page= 767	author= S.R. Sharma	isbn=9788171568192	year=1999	publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist }} 1764 saw the defeat of the combined forces of Mughal Emperor, Nawab of Oudh and Nawab of Bengal and Bihar at the hand of East India Company at the Battle of Buxar. Following this defeat, Shah Alam II left Delhi for Allahabad, ending hostilities with the Treaty of Allahabad (1765). Shah Alam II was reinstated to the throne of Delhi in 1772 by Mahadaji Shinde under the protection of the Marathas. He was a de jure emperor. During his reign in 1793 British East India company abolished Nizamat (Mughal suzerainty) and took control of the former Mughal province of Bengal marking the beginning of British reign in parts of Eastern India officially.
Akbar Shah II	22 April 1760	19 November 1806 – 28 September 1837	28 September 1837	He became a British pensioner after the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha war who was until then the protector of the Mughal throne. Under the East India company's protection, his imperial name was removed from official coinage after a brief dispute with the British East India Company.
Bahadur Shah II	24 October 1775	28 September 1837 – 21 September 1857	7 November 1862	The last Mughal emperor was deposed in 1858 by the British East India Company and exiled to Burma following the War of 1857 after the fall of Delhi to the company troops. His death marks the end of the Mughal dynasty but not of the family.

Genealogy of House of Timur

Alamgir I](aurangzeb)**

Shah-Alam I](bahadur-shah-i)**

References

Notes

Citations

Sources

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''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]'', "[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9072546/Timurid-Dynasty Timurid Dynasty]", Online Academic Edition, 2007. (Quotation: "Turkic-Mongol" dynasty descended from the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), renowned for its brilliant revival of artistic and intellectual life in Iran and Central Asia. ... Trading and artistic communities were brought into the capital city of Herat, where a library was founded, and the capital became the centre of a renewed and artistically brilliant Persian culture.")
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