TAMERLANE
The Timurid dynasty was founded by Timur Lang (Tamerlane). Although only partly Mongol, he emulated the conquests of Genghis Khan before him.
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Timurid empire |
from India to Russia to the Mediterannean |
1370 - 1579 |
Sultan Hosayn 1469 - 1506 |
Arghunid |
local dynasty at Qandahar, Afghanistan |
1511 - 1522 |
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Qara Qoyunlu (Black Sheep) |
Turkomans from north-central Anatolia, who overran north-western Iran and Iraq |
1351 - 1470 |
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Aq Qoyunlu (White Sheep) |
also Turkomans from north-central Anatolia, who ruled in north-western Iran and Iraq |
1360 - 1508 |
Ya'qub (Abu'l Muzaffar) 1478-1490 AD |
Dulgadir |
southern Anatolia, Elbistan |
1467 - 1515 |
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Musha'sha' |
Khuzistan (south-west Iran) and southern Iraq |
1500 - 1508 |
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Shaybanids |
Uzbek dynasty ruling in Samarqand and Bukhara (southern Uzbekistan) |
1500 - 1590s |
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Amir of Qunduz |
northern Afghanistan |
1497 - 1505 |
usurping governor for the Timurids Amir Khusraw 1497 - 1505 |