House of Timur

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The House of Timur was the ruling Timurid dynasty founded by the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), which dominated large parts of Central Asia, Iran, and surrounding regions from the late 14th to the early 16th century.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
House of Timur canonical 14
Timurid aristocracy 1
Timurid court of Herat 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Timurid dynasty
royal dynasty
ruling house
capital Herat
Samarkand
country Timurid dynasty
surface form: Timurid Empire
dynasticLegitimacyClaim descendants of Genghis Khan through marriage alliances
endTime early 16th century
ethnicOrigin Turco-Mongol
foundedBy Timur
governmentForm monarchy
hasArchitecturalStyle Timurid architecture
hasCulturalSphere Persianate world
hasDescendantDynasty Gurkani dynasty
Mughal dynasty
hasDynasticTitle Gurkani
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Late Middle Ages
influenced Central Asian political structures
Mughal imperial ideology
knownFor development of Timurid architecture
military conquests
patronage of Persianate culture
promotion of arts and sciences
language Arabic
Chagatai Turkic
surface form: Chagatai

Persian
namedAfter Timur
notableMember Abu Sa'id Mirza
Babur
Shahrukh Mirza
Timur
Ulugh Beg
partOf Timurid dynasty
surface form: Timurid Empire
predecessor Chagatai Khanate
surface form: Chagatai Khanate (in Transoxiana)

Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate (in Iran, de facto)
region Afghanistan
Central Asia
Iran
Khorasan
Mesopotamia
Transoxiana
religion Sunni Islam
startTime late 14th century
successor Mughal dynasty
surface form: Mughal dynasty (in India)

Safavid Empire
surface form: Safavid dynasty (in Iran)

Shaybanid dynasty
usedTitle Amir
Mirza
Sultan

Referenced by (17)

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

Abu Sa'id Mirza house House of Timur
Husayn Bayqara house House of Timur
Aisha Sultan Begum partOf House of Timur
this entity surface form: Timurid aristocracy
Zafar house House of Timur
Umar Sheikh Mirza II house House of Timur
Kandahari Begum house House of Timur
Jahanara Begum royalHouse House of Timur
Jahangir Mirza house House of Timur
Ali-Shir Nava'i employer House of Timur
this entity surface form: Timurid court of Herat
Miranshah partOf House of Timur
this entity surface form: Timurid ruling elite
Abd al-Latif house House of Timur
Sultan Muhammad bin Miran Shah house House of Timur
Jahangir Mirza II house House of Timur
Mirza Khizr Sultan partOf House of Timur
Mahmud Mirza house House of Timur
Shahzada Parviz Mirza house House of Timur