The Timurid Empire

     The Timurid Empire

An Islamic empire established from Delhi to Izmir, and from Moscow to Arabia

The Timurid Dynasty 

The Timurians 1370–1526

status
Empire of Central Asia and the Middle East
Capital
Samarkand, Herat
Common languages
Chagatai language and Persian language
Religion
Islam
Government
The kingdom
rich
 
• 1370–1405
Timur
Historical period
The Middle Ages
•
1370
• Capture of Samarkand by the Uzbeks under the leadership of Shebani Khan
1509
• Capture of Herat by Shibani
1507
•
1526
Area
4,400,000 km2 (1,700,000 sq mi)

In history, two empires are called the Timurid Empire, the first of which was established by Amir Timur in Central Asia and Iran under the name of Timurid Empire, while the second one was established by Zaheer-ud-Din Babur in India under the name of Mughal Empire.

Amir Taimur 

Editing For a detailed article, see Amir Taimur The founder of this empire was Amir Timur who was closely related to Genghis Khan's family. He was born in 1336 AD in Shahr Sabz on the northern bank of Jaihun River. He was a good soldier and an excellent general. He ascended the throne in Balkh in 1366 after conquering Turkestan and a large part of present-day Afghanistan.

After ascending to the throne in Balkh, Timur made it his right and aim to conquer all the territories and countries that were ruled by Genghis Khan's descendants. For this purpose, he started a series of conquests and wars that continued for 37 years till his death. Timur's first few years were spent capturing the remaining parts of the Chagatai Empire. In the next few years he conquered Kashgar, Khwarazm, Khorasan, Herat, Nishapur, Kandahar and Sistan. In 1386, he launched the Iranian campaign known as the "Yursh Triennial" and during this campaign, he conquered all of northern Iran up to Mazandaran and Azerbaijan. During this campaign he also captured Georgia.

In 1391, Timur marched against Sir-Orda, i.e., Khan Takhtmish of the Sarai family, and defeated him in a bloody battle on April 18, near present-day Samara, on the banks of the Kunduzja River. After his return from the campaign in Russia, Timur launched a new campaign in Iran in 1392, which is called "Yursh Five Years". During this campaign he conquered Hamdan, Isfahan and Shiraz. Ended the rule of Al Muzaffar and expelled Ahmad Jalair from Baghdad and Iraq. 

Thus he conquered the whole of Iran and Iraq. Timur had just returned to Tabriz from the campaign in Iran when he was informed that Takhtmish had attacked the Darband road. On April 18, 1395, Timur inflicted another defeat on Takhtmish on the banks of the Tirak River. After that, Timur advanced and destroyed Sarai, the capital of Sir Orda, and destroyed it brick by brick. During this campaign, Timur conquered and destroyed the cities of Astrakhan, Moscow, Kiev and Crimea and returned to Samarkand in 798 AH through the Caucasus, Georgia and Tabriz.

In 1398, Timur set out to conquer India. He conquered Delhi in December 1398 through Multan and Dipalpur. The following year he conquered Syria. In 1402, Timur defeated the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid Yıldırım at the Battle of Ankara and, after returning to Samarkand, began preparations for an invasion of China. However, during this journey he fell ill and died on February 18, 1405.

After Timur, his successor Shah Rukh brought the Timurid Empire to its peak. In 1507, Shibani Khan ended Timurid power in Central Asia by capturing Herat.

 The Timurid Sultans

Amir Timur 1366 to 1405
Shah Rukh 1405 to 1447
Ulugh Beg 1447 to 1449
Abdul Latif 1449 to 1450
Mirza Abdullah 1450 to 1452
Abu Saeed Mirza 1452 to 1467
Sultan Ahmad 1467 to 1493
Hussain Baiqara 1493 to 1506
Amir TaimurFounder of the Timurid Empire and a great warrior ruler.
Amir Timur who was also known as (Timur Ling) was born on (Birth: 1336 AD, Died: 1405 AD). Timur was the founder of the Timurid Empire and a great warrior ruler in history. The name of Timur's teacher was Ali Baig. It is said that Ustad Ali Baig used a stick to make his students remember the lesson, but he never hit Timur because Timur always remembered his lesson. One day, Ali Beg called Taimur's father and said, "Know the value of this child, he is not only intelligent and far ahead of other children, but he has incredible abilities." Timur memorized the Qur'an at the age of ten.


Information personality birth 9 April 1336 death 19 February 1405 (69 The wife Sarai Malik Khanum children Shahrukh Timuri, Miran Shah, Jahangir Mirza b Family The Timurid dynasty
Timur belonged to the Burlas, a Turko-Mongol tribe, the ancestor of both Genghis Khan and Amir Timur was Amjad Tumana Khan. Tamerlane belonged to Samarkand. He was born in a village "Kish" near Samarkand. His parents were small-scale landowners. Timur was born in 1336 in Shahr Sabz (also known as Kush) on the northern bank of the Jaihun River. The region was then part of the Chagatai Empire, which was in decline. The Chagatai rulers were helpless and everywhere Mongol and Turkic chieftains were fighting each other for power.
After ascending to the throne, he adopted the title of Sahib-i-Qiran. (According to astrology, Sahib-e-Qiran is a person who at the time of his birth, Venus and Jupiter or Saturn and Jupiter are in the same constellation. Such a person is considered to be lucky, brave and wise, literally the greatest ruler of his time) .
Conquered 42 countries in his lifetime. They are also among the few rare people in the world. A special feature of Timur was that he could work with both his hands at the same time. He used to carry a sword in one hand and an ax in the other.
Conquests Editing 
After ascending to the throne in Balkh, Timur made it his right and aim to conquer all the territories and countries that were ruled by Genghis Khan's descendants. For this purpose, he started a series of conquests and wars that continued for 37 years until his death. Timur's first few years were spent capturing the remaining parts of the Chagatai Empire. They conquered Kashgar in 776 AH and Khwarazm in 781 AH
After that he went to Khorasan. In 1381 according to 783 AH, the family of Herat was forced to obey. In the following year, he captured Nishapur and its suburbs, and in 785 AH, Kandahar and Sistan. In 1386, he started the Iranian campaign, which is called "Yursh Triennial", and during this campaign, he captured the entire northern Iran up to Majendran and Azerbaijan. During this campaign, he also captured Georgia.