Timurid Empire
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The Timurid Empire was a Central Asian state founded by the conqueror Timur that lasted from 1370 to 1507 and blended Turkic, Mongol, and Persian cultures. It matters because it was a major power in medieval Asia that produced significant advances in art, architecture, and literature during its peak.
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The Timurid Empire was a late medieval Turco-Mongol, culturally Persianate, Muslim empire that dominated Greater Iran in the early 15th century, comprising modern-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, much of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India, and Turkey. The empire had a syncretic culture and combined Turkic, Mongolic, and Persian influences, with the last members of the dynasty being regarded as "ideal Perso-Islamic rulers".
The empire was founded by Timur (Tamerlane), a warlord belonging to the Turco-Mongol Barlas tribe, a group of Mongols that had become Turkicized in Central Asia, who established the empire in 1370 and ruled it until his death in 1405. He saw himself as the great restorer of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan, regarding himself as Genghis's heir, and closely associated with the Borjigin. Timur continued to have strong trade relations with Ming China and the Golden Horde, with Chinese diplomats like Ma Huan and Chen Cheng regularly traveling west to Samarkand to conduct trade. The empire led to the Timurid Renaissance, particularly during the reign of astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Begh.
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