Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)

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Islamic royal title Persian-language title honorific epithet

Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) is an honorific epithet signifying a divinely favored, world-conquering ruler, famously adopted by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur to legitimize his imperial authority.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting 1
Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic royal title ⓘ
Persian-language title ⓘ
honorific epithet ⓘ
appearsIn Persian panegyric literature ⓘ
Timurid court chronicles ⓘ
associatedWith astrological auspiciousness ⓘ
cosmic conjunction of planets ⓘ
imperial legitimacy ⓘ
componentMeaning Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting

Sahib means lord or master ⓘ
connotation cosmic kingship ⓘ
divine favor ⓘ
universal sovereignty ⓘ
denotes divinely favored ruler ⓘ
world-conquering ruler ⓘ
hasComponent Qiran ⓘ
Sahib ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Persian ⓘ
hasMeaning Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction ⓘ
Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction ⓘ
surface form: Lord of the Fortunate Conjunction
notableBearer Timur ⓘ
Timur ⓘ
surface form: Timur the Lame
regionOfProminentUse Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
relatedConcept universal ruler ⓘ
world conqueror ⓘ
relatedTitle Padishah ⓘ
Sultan ⓘ
scriptForm صاحبِ قِران ⓘ
semanticField astrology ⓘ
divine favor ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminentUse 15th century ⓘ
late 14th century ⓘ
titleType messianic-imperial epithet ⓘ
transliterationVariant Sahib-i Qiran ⓘ
surface form: Sahib al-Qiran

Sahib-i Qiran ⓘ
usedBy Timur ⓘ
usedFor legitimizing Timurid imperial authority ⓘ
usedInCulture Islamic world ⓘ
Persianate world ⓘ
surface form: Persianate societies

Turco-Mongol ⓘ
surface form: Turco-Mongol polities
usedInDynasty Timurid dynasty ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Timur → usedTitle → Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) ⓘ
Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) → componentMeaning → Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sahib-Qiran
this entity surface form: Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting