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The Timurids (n Sunni Muslim dynasty whose empire included the whole of Central Asia, Iran and modern Afghanistan , as well as large parts of Mesopotamia and Caucasus . It was founded by the legendary conqueror Timur (''Tamerlane'') in the 13th Century . In the 16th Century , Timurid prince Zahir Ud-Din Babur , the ruler of Ferghana , invaded India and founded the Mughal Empire - the ''Timurids of India'' - who ruled most of the Indian Subcontinent for several centuries until the British Conquest Of India . HISTORY c.1375]] ORIGINS See Also: Barlas Turco-Mongol Turko-Persian Tradition Persianate society The origin of the Timurid dynasty goes back to the (then also known as ''Moghulistan'' - "Land of Mongols") and intermingled to a considerable degree with the local Turkic and Turkic-speaking population, so that at the time of Timur the Barlas were in terms of language and habbits, thoroughly Turkicized. Additionally, by adopting Islam , the Central Asian Turks and Mongols also adopted the Persian Literary And High Culture which has dominated Central Asia since the early days of Islamic influence. Thus, the political, cultural, and elitist environment of the Timurid aristocracy was largly derived from that culture. FOUNDING THE DYNASTY See Also: Timur Timur conquered large parts of Transoxiana (in modern day Central Asia) and Khorasan (parts of modern day Iran , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan and Turkmenistan ) from 1363 onwards with various alliances ( Samarkand in 1366 , and Balkh in 1369 ), and was recognized as ruler over them in 1370 . Acting officially in the name of the Mongolian Chagatai Ulus , he subjugated Transoxania and Khwarazm in the years that followed and began a campaign westwards in 1380 . By 1389 he had removed the Kartids from Herat and advanced into mainland Persia from 1382 (capture of Isfahan in 1387 , removal of the Muzaffarids from Shiraz in 1393 , and expulsion of the Jalayirids from Baghdad ). In 1394 / 95 he triumphed over the Golden Horde and enforced his sovereignty in the Caucasus , in 1398 subjugated Multan and Dipalpur in modern day Pakistan and in modern day India left Delhi in such ruin that it is said for two months "not a bird moved wing in the city". In 1400 / 01 conquered Aleppo , Damascus and eastern Anatolia , in 1401 destroyed Baghdad and in 1402 triumphed over the Ottomans at Ankara . In addition, he transformed Samarqand into the ''Center of the World''. An estimated 17 million people may have died from his conquests. {Link without Title} After the end of the Timurid Empire in 1506 , the Mughal Empire was later established in India by Babur in 1526 , who was a descendant of Timur through his father and possibly a descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother. The dynasty he established is commonly known as the Mughal Dynasty . By the 17th Century , the Mughal Empire ruled most of India, but later declined during the 18th Century . The Timurid Dynasty came to an end in 1857 after the Mughal Empire was dissolved by the British Empire and Bahadur Shah II was exiled to Burma . The Timurids made Herat and Samarqand their capitals. It is believed that the period of Timurids resembles to a Renaissance Age for Khorasan . CULTURE |
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