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| The '''Timurids''' (]: '''سلسلهٔ تیموریان''', ''Silsila-ye Tīmurīyān''), self-designated '''Gurkānī''' (]: '''گوركانى''') <span dir="ltr"> <ref name="baburnama">{{cite book | title=The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor |publisher=Modern Library Classics |id=ISBN 0375761373 |year=2002 |date=] |author=Zahir ud-Din Mohammad |editor=Thackston, Wheeler M. |accessdate=2006-11-10}}</ref><ref>Note: ''Gurkānī'' is the ] form of the Mongolian word ''kürügän'' , the title given to the dynasty's founder after his marriage into ]'s family <small>(Thackston, Wheeler M. ''The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor''. Modern Library Classics. ISBN 0375761373)</small></ref></span>, were a ] dynasty of originally ]<ref>''"Timur"'', The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2001-05 Columbia University Press, ()</ref><ref>"Consolidation & expansion of the Indo-Timurids", in ], ()</ref> descent established by the ]n warlord ]. At its zenith, the Timurid Empire included the whole of ] and ], as well as large parts of ] and ]. | |||
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| The '''Timurid dynasty''', self-designated as '''Gurkani''' ({{langx|fa|{{nastaliq|گورکانیان}}|translit=Gūrkāniyān}}), was a ]<ref>Maria E. Subtelny, ''Timurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Persia'', Vol. 7, (Brill, 2007), 201.</ref> dynasty or ] ] of ] origin<ref name="EI">B.F. Manz, ''"Tīmūr Lang"'', in ], Online Edition, 2006</ref><ref name="Britannica">'']'', "", Online Academic Edition, 2007. (Quotation: "Turkic dynasty descended from the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), renowned for its brilliant revival of artistic and intellectual life in Iran and Central Asia. ... Trading and artistic communities were brought into the capital city of Herat, where a library was founded, and the capital became the centre of a renewed and artistically brilliant Persian culture.")</ref><ref name="Columbia">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The Columbia Encyclopedia | title = Timurids | url = http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Timurids.html | edition = Sixth | publisher = ] | location = New York City | access-date = 2006-11-08 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061205073939/http://bartleby.com/65/ti/Timurids.html | archive-date = 2006-12-05 }}</ref><ref>'']'' article: , Online Edition, 2007.</ref> descended from the warlord ] (also known as Tamerlane). The word "Gurkani" derives from "Gurkan", a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "Kuragan" meaning "son-in-law".<ref>''A History of the Muslim World Since 1260: The Making of a Global Community'', by Vernon Egger, p. 193</ref> This was an honorific title used by the dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of ],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amitavghosh.com/essays/mosque.html |title="The Man Behind the Mosque" |access-date=2015-08-09 |archive-date=2020-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109121301/http://www.amitavghosh.com/essays/mosque.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> founder of the ], as Timur had married ], a direct descendant of ]. Members of the Timurid dynasty signaled the ], and they were strongly influenced by ]<ref name="EI"/><ref>Maria Subtelny, ''Timurids in Transition'', p. 40: "Nevertheless, in the complex process of transition, members of the Timurid dynasty and their Persian Mongol supporters became acculturate by the surrounding Persianate millieu adopting Persian cultural models and tastes and acting as patrons of Persian culture, painting, architecture and music." p. 41: "The last members of the dynasty, notably Sultan-Abu Sa'id and Sultan-Husain, in fact came to be regarded as ideal Perso-Islamic rulers who develoted as much attention to agricultural development as they did to fostering Persianate court culture."</ref> and established two significant ]s in history, the ] (1370–1507) based in ] and ], and the ] (1526–1857) based in the ]. | |||
| In the ], Timurid prince ], the ruler of ], invaded ] and founded the ] - the ''Timurids of India'' - who ruled the ] for 300 years. | |||
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==Origins== | ||
| {{main|Barlas|Turco-Mongol tradition|Turco-Persian tradition|Persianate society}} | |||
| {{Iran}} | |||
| Timur conquered large parts of ] in modern day Central Asia and ] in modern day ] and ], from ] onwards with various alliances (] in ], and ] in ]), and was recognized as ruler over them in ]. Acting officially in the name of the Mongolian ] ulus, he subjugated ] and ] in the years that followed and began a campaign westwards in ]. By ] he had removed the Kartids from ] and advanced into mainland ] from ] (capture of ] in ], removal of the Muzaffarids from ] in ], and expulsion of the Jalayirids from ]). In ]/] he triumphed over the ] and enforced his sovereignty in the ], in ] subjugated what is today ] and northern ] and occupied ], in ]/] conquered ], ] and eastern Anatolia, in 1401 destroyed Baghdad and in ] triumphed over the Ottomans at ]. ]In addition, he transformed Samarqand into the ''Center of the World''. | |||
| The origin of the Timurid dynasty goes back to the ] tribe known as ], who were remnants of the Mongol army of ],<ref name="EI"/><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Timur |encyclopedia=Columbia Encyclopedia |edition=Sixth |date=2005 |url=http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Timur.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Consolidation & expansion of the Indo-Timurids |encyclopedia=] |date=12 January 2024 |url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-26937/Islamic-world }}</ref> founder of the ]. After the ], the Barlas settled in what is today southern ], from ] to ] and ], which then came to be known for a time as '']'' – "Land of Mongols" in Persian – and intermingled to a considerable degree with the local ] and ] population, so that at the time of Timur's reign the Barlas had become thoroughly Turkicized in terms of language and habits. | |||
| After the end of the ] in ], the ] was later established in India by ] in ], who was a descendant of ] through his father and possibly a descendant of ] through his mother. The dynasty he established is commonly known as the ]. By the ], the Mughal Empire ruled most of India, but later declined during the ]. The Timurid Dynasty came to an end in ] after the Mughal Empire was dissolved by the ] and ] was exiled to ].<br><br><br><br> | |||
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| Additionally, by adopting ], the Central Asian Turks and Mongols adopted the ]<ref name=Iranica2>{{cite encyclopedia |author=B. Spuler |title=Central Asia in the Mongol and Timurid periods |encyclopedia=] |date=2006 |url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/central-asia-v |quote=Like his father, ] was entirely integrated into the Persian Islamic cultural circles, and during his reign Persian predominated as the language of high culture, a status that it retained in the region of ] until the ] ] encouraged the development of Persian literature and literary talent in every way possible }}</ref> which had dominated Central Asia since the early days of Islamic influence. Persian literature was instrumental in the assimilation of the Timurid elite into the Perso-Islamic courtly culture.<ref>{{cite book |author=David J. Roxburgh |title=The Persian Album, 1400–1600: From Dispersal to Collection |publisher=Yale University Press |date=2005 |page=130 |quote=Persian literature, especially poetry, occupied a central in the process of assimilation of Timurid elite to the Perso-Islamicate courtly culture, and so it is not surprising to find ] commissioned ] of ]'s ]. }}</ref> | |||
| == Culture == | |||
| Although the Timurids hailed from the ] tribe which was of Mongol origin, they had embraced ]<ref name="Britannica">"Timurids", in ], Online Edition, ()</ref> and ] culture<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | last = Lehmann | first = F. | encyclopedia = ] | title = Zaher ud-Din Babor - Founder of Mughal empire | url = http://www.iranica.com/newsite/search/searchpdf.isc?ReqStrPDFPath=/home/iranica/public_html/newsite/pdfarticles/v3_articles/babor_zahir-al-din_mohammad&OptStrLogFile=/home/iranica/public_html/newsite/logs/pdfdownload.html | |||
| | accessdate = 2006-11-07 | accessyear = 2006 | accessmonth = November | edition = Online | publisher = ] Center for Iranian (Persian) Studies | location = ] | pages = 320-323 | quote = ... His origin, milieu, training, and culture were steeped in Persian culture and so Babor was largely responsible for the fostering of this culture by his descendants, the Mughals of India, and for the expansion of Persian cultural infleunce in the Indian subcontinent, with brilliant literary, artistic, and historiographical results ...}}</ref><ref name="Columbia">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = The Columbia Encyclopedia | title = Timurids | url = http://www.bartleby.com/65/ti/Timurids.html | edition = Sixth | publisher = ] | location = ] |accessdate=2006-11-08}}</ref> (see ], ]), converted to ] and resided in ] and ]. | |||
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==List of rulers== | ||
| {{See also|Timurid family tree}} | |||
| The Timurid era revived the Persian civilization in Central Asia after the desasterous invasion by ]<ref name="Columbia" />, and ] as well as the ], which was the traditional vernacular of the Timurid courts, flourished throughout their empire. ] and ] became centers of a renewed and artistically brilliant Persian culture<ref name="Britannica" />. Among the most important literary works of the Timurid era is the Persian biography of ], known as ''"Zafarnāma"'' (''' ظفرنامه'''), written by Sharaf ud-Dīn Alī Yazdī. | |||
| ===Timurid Empire=== | |||
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| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:27%;"| Titular name | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:25%;"| Personal name | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:25%;"| Reign | |||
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| | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Timur ruled over the ] with ] as nominal ''Khan'' followed by ]. He himself adopted the Muslim Arabic title of ''Amir''. In essence the Khanate was finished and the ] was firmly established. | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| ''Amir'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| امیر}}</small> <br> ''Timur Lang'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| تیمور لنگ}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| تیمور بیگ گورکانی}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|1370–1405 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| ''Amir'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| امیر}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq|پیر محمد بن جہانگیر میرزا }} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|1405–1407 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| ''Amir'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| امیر}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| خلیل سلطان بن میران شاہ}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|1405–1409 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| ''Amir'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| امیر}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| شاھرخ میرزا }} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|1405–1447 | |||
| |- | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ''Amir'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| امیر}} </small><br>''Ulugh Beg'' <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| الغ بیگ}} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا محمد طارق }} </small> | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|1447–1449 | |||
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| | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| Division of ] | |||
| |} | |||
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| The Timurids also played a very important role in the history of ]. Based on the established Persian literary tradition, a national Turkic literature was developed, written in the ], the native tongue of the Timurid family. Chagatay poets such as ], ], and ] encouraged other Turkic-speaking poets to write in their own vernacular in addition to Arabic and Persian. | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:25%;"| Transoxiana | |||
| The ], the autobiography of Bābur, as well as Mīr Alī Sher Nawā'ī's Chagatay poetry are among the best-known Turkic literary works and have fascinated and influenced many others world wide. | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:27%;"| Khurasan/Herat/Fars/Iraq-e-Ajam | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"|] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq|میرزا عبداللطیف }} </small><br>''Padarkush'' <br><small>(Father Killer)</small> <br>1449–1450 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
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| * ] <br><small>{{Nastaliq|علاء الدولہ میرزا بن بایسنقر}}</small><br><small>?</small> | |||
| * ]<br><small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا ابوالقاسم بابر بن بایسنقر}} </small> <br><small>1449–1457</small> | |||
| * ] <br><small>{{Nastaliq|سلطان محمد ابن بایسنقر }}</small> <br><small>1447–1451</small> | |||
| {{colend}} | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"|] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا عبد اللہ}}</small> <br>1450–1451 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|]<br><small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا ابوالقاسم بابر بن بایسنقر}}</small> <br>1451–1457 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا شاہ محمود}}</small> <br>1457 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ابراھیم میرزا}}</small> <br>1457–1459 | |||
| |- style="background:silver;" | |||
| | colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ابو سعید میرزا}} </small><br> <small>(Although Abu Sa'id Mirza re-united most of the Timurid heartland in Central Asia with the help of ] Chief, ] (grandfather of ]), he agreed to divide ] with the ] under ], but the ] under ] defeated and killed first Jahan Shah and then Abu Sa'id. After Abu Sa'id's death another era of fragmentation follows.)</small> <br>1451–1469 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| **''Transoxiana is divided'' | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| سلطان حسین میرزا بایقرا}}</small><br>1469 ''1st reign'' | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا یادگار محمد}}</small> <br>1470 (6 weeks) | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| سلطان حسین میرزا بایقرا}}</small><br>1470–1506 ''2nd reign'' | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
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| * ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| بدیع الزمان میرزا}} </small><br>1506–1507 | |||
| * ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| مظفر حسین میرزا}} </small><br>1506–1507 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| | |||
| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| ] under ] Conquer ] | |||
| |} | |||
| * ''Abu Sa'id's sons divided Transoxiana upon his death, into ], ], ], ], ] and ].'' | |||
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| ===Architecture=== | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:17%;"| Samarkand | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:17%;"| Bukhara | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:17%;"| Hissar | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:15%;"| Farghana | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:15%;"| Balkh | |||
| ! style="background:#f0dc82; width:17%;"| Kabul | |||
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| | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| ] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| سلطان احمد میرزا}}</small><br>1469–1494 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| عمر شیخ میرزا ثانی}}</small><br>1469–1494 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| سلطان محمود میرزا }}</small><br>1469–1495 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| میرزا الغ بیگ}}</small><br>1469 – 1502 | |||
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| | style="text-align:center;"| ] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| بایسنقر میرزا بن محمود میرزا}}</small><br>1495–1497 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| سلطان علی بن محمود میرزا}}</small><br>1495–1500 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| سلطان مسعود بن محمود میرزا}}</small><br>1495 – ? | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ظہیر الدین محمد بابر}}</small><br>1494–1497 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<small> <br> {{Nastaliq| خسرو شاہ}}</small><br><small>(Usurper)</small><br>? – 1504 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ] <br> <small>{{Nastaliq| مقیم ارغون }}</small><br><small>(Usurper)</small><br>? – 1504 | |||
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| | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| ] under ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| محمد شایبک خان ازبک}}</small><br>1500–1501 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| جہانگیر میرزا}}</small><br><small>(puppet of Sultan Ahmed Tambol)</small><br>1497 – 1503 | |||
| | colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ظہیر الدین محمد بابر}}</small><br>1504–1504 | |||
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| | colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| ] under ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| محمد شایبک خان ازبک}}</small><br>1503–1504 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ظہیر الدین محمد بابر}}</small><br>1504–1511 | |||
| |- style="background:thistle;" | |||
| | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| ]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ظہیر الدین محمد بابر}}</small><br> <small>(Never till his conquest of India were the dominions of Babur as extensive as at this period. Like his grandfather ], he managed to re-unite the Timurid heartland in Central Asia with the help of Shah of Iran, ]. His dominions stretched from the ] and the ] to the farthest limits of Ghazni and comprehended ] and ];] and ]; ] and ]; ]; ] and ])</small> <br>1511–1512 | |||
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| | colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| ] under ] <small>{{Nastaliq| عبید اللہ سلطان}}</small> re-conquer Transoxiana and Balkh <br> 1512 | |||
| | style="text-align:center;"|]<br> <small>{{Nastaliq| ظہیر الدین محمد بابر}}</small><br>1512–1530 | |||
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| | colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Timurid Empire in Central Asia becomes extinct under the ] of the ]. However, Timurid dynasty moves on to conquer ] under the leadership of ] in 1526 C.E. and established the ]. | |||
| |} | |||
| ===Mughal Empire=== | |||
| Timurid architecture is the pinnacle of ] in ]. Spectacular and stately edifices erected by ] and his successors in ] and ] helped to disseminate the influence of the ] school of art in ], thus giving rise to the celebrated ''Mughal'' (or ''Mongol'') school of architecture. Timurid architecture started with the ] in present-day ] and culminated in Timur's mausoleum ] in ]. The style is largely derived from ]. ] is a characteristic of all major Timurid structures, notably the ] in ], the ''Musallah'' complex in Herat, and the mosque of ] in ]. Double ]s of various shapes abound, and the outsides are perfused with brilliantly colors. | |||
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{{Main|Mughal emperors}} | ||
| ] in ] was a fusion of ] and ] elements<ref>"Mughal architecture", in ], Online Version, ()</ref>. The Mughal emperor ] constructed the royal city of , located 26 miles west of ], in the late ]s. The most famous example of Mughal architecture is the ], the "teardrop on eternity," completed in 1648 by the emperor ] in memory of his wife ] who died while giving birth to their 14th child. The extensive use of precious and semiprecious stones as inlay and the vast quantity of white marble required nearly bankrupted the empire. The Taj Mahal is completely symmetric other than the ] of ] which is placed off center in the crypt room below the main floor. This symmetry extended to the building of an entire mirror mosque in red sandstone to complement the Mecca-facing mosque place to the west of the main structure. Another structure built that showed great depth of Mughal influence was the ]. | |||
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| ==Rulers of Timurid Empire== | |||
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| *] (Tamerlane) ] - ] (771-807 ]) with Suyurghitmish Chughtai as overlord followed by Mahmood Chughtai as overlord followed by Mahmood Chughtai as overlord and finally Muhammad Sultan as heir | |||
| ! Emperor !! Birth !! Reign Period !! Death !! Notes | |||
| *] ] - ] (807-11 AH) | |||
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| *] bin Jahangir ] - ] (807-808 AH) | |||
| | style="width:125px;" | ] || 14 February 1483 || 21 April 1526 – 26 December 1530 || 1530 || Was a direct descendant of ] through his mother and was descendant of ] through his father. Founded the Mughal Empire after his victories at the ] and the ]. | |||
| *Qaidu bin Pir Muhammad bin Jahangir 808-811 AH | |||
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| *Abu Bakr bin ] ] - ] (807-809 AH) | |||
| | ] || 6 March 1508 || 26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540 || 27 January 1556 || Reign interrupted by ]. Youth and inexperience at ascension led to his being regarded as a less effective ruler than a usurper, ]. | |||
| *Pir Muhammad bin Umar Sheikh 807-812 AH | |||
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| *Rustam 812-817 AH | |||
| | ] || 1486 || 17 May 1540 – 22 May 1545 || 22 May 1545 || Deposed Humayun and led the ]. | |||
| *Sikandar 812-17 AH | |||
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| *] Timurid ] - ] (807-50 AH) | |||
| | ] || 1507 || 1545–1554 || 1554 || Second and last ruler of the ], claims of sons Sikandar and Adil Shah were eliminated by Humayun's restoration. | |||
| *Alaudaullah 851 AH | |||
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| *Abu Bakr bin Muhammad 851 AH | |||
| | ] || 6 March 1508 || 22 June 1555 – 27 January 1556 || 27 January 1556 || Restored rule was more unified and effective than the initial reign of 1530–1540; left a unified empire for his son, ]. | |||
| *]-I ] - ] (851-53 AH) - ruler of ] ] - ] | |||
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| *] ] - ] (853-854 AH) | |||
| | ] || 15 October 1542 || 11 February 1556 – 27 October 1605 || 27 October 1605 || He and ] defeated ] during the ] and later won famous victories during the ] and the ]; He greatly expanded the Empire and is regarded as the most illustrious ruler of the Mughal Empire as he set up the empire's various institutions; He married ], a Rajput princess who became the mother to his successor Jahangir. One of his most famous construction marvels was the ] and Agra Fort.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Klingelhofer|first=William G.|date=1988|title=The Jahangiri Mahal of the Agra Fort: Expression and Experience in Early Mughal Architecture|journal=Muqarnas|volume=5|pages=153–169|doi=10.2307/1523115|issn=0732-2992|jstor=1523115}}</ref> | |||
| *] Timurid ] - ] (854-55 AH) | |||
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| *Sultan ] Gurgan ] - ] (855-73 AH), ruler of ] ] - ] | |||
| | ] || 31 August 1569 || 3 November 1605 – 28 October 1627 || 28 October 1627 || Jahangir set the precedent for sons rebelling against their emperor fathers. Opened first relations with the ]. | |||
| *] ] - ] (853-61 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
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| *] ] - ] (861-863 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
| | ]|| 5 January 1592 || 19 January 1628 – 31 July 1658 || 22 January 1666 || Under him, Mughal art and architecture reached their zenith; constructed the ], ], ], ], and ] in ]. Deposed by his son Aurangzeb. | |||
| *] Timurid ] - ] (861-863 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
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| *Sultan Muhammad 850-55 AH | |||
| | ] || 3 November 1618 || 31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707 || 3 March 1707 || He reinterpreted ] and presented the ]; he captured the diamond mines of the ]; he spent the major part of his last ] in the war with the Maratha rebels; at its zenith, his conquests expanded the empire to its greatest extent; the over-stretched empire was controlled by ]s, and faced challenges after his death. He is known to have transcribed copies of the ] using his styles of ]. | |||
| *] ] - ], ] - ] (862-911 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
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| *] ] (873-875 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
| | ] || 14 October 1643 || 19 June 1707–27 February 1712 || 27 February 1712 || First of the Mughal emperors to preside over an empire ravaged by uncontrollable revolts. After his reign, the empire went into steady decline due to the lack of leadership qualities among his immediate successors. | |||
| *Muhammad bin Hussain 903-906 AH | |||
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| *Abul A'la Faridun Hussain 911-912 AH | |||
| | ] || 10 May 1661 || 29 March 1712 – 11 February 1713 || 11 February 1713 || The son of Bahadur Shah I, he was an unpopular and incompetent titular figurehead; he attained the throne after his father's death by his victory in battle over his brother, who was killed. | |||
| *Muzzafar Hussain ] - ] (911-912 AH) - ruler of ] , brother of ] | |||
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| *] ] - ] (905-908 and 911-914 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
| | ] || 20 August 1683 || 11 January 1713 – 9 April 1719 || 9 April 1719 || His reign marked the ascendancy of the manipulative ], execution of the rebellious ]. In 1717 he granted a ] to the ] granting them duty-free trading rights in ]. The Firman was repudiated by the notable ] the Mughal appointed ruler of Bengal. | |||
| *Muhammad Mohsin Khan 911-912 AH | |||
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| *Muhammad Zaman Khan 920-923 AH | |||
| | ] || 1 December 1699 || 28 February – 6 June 1719 || 6 June 1719 || | |||
| *Shahrukh II bin Abu Saeed Timurid 896-897 AH | |||
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| *Ulugh Beg Kabuli 873-907 AH | |||
| | ]|| June 1696 || 6 June – 17 September 1719 || 18 September 1719 || | |||
| *] ibn Abu Sa’id Timurid ] - ] (873-899 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
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| *] ibn Abu Sa’id Timurid ] - ] (873-900 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
| | ] || 9 August 1703 || 15 October – 13 November 1720 || 31 January 1746 || | |||
| *Masud Timurid ] - ] (899-906 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
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| *Sultan Baysunghur ] - ] (900-902 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
| | ] || 7 August 1702 || 27 September 1719 – 26 April || 26 April 1748 || Got rid of the ]. Tried to counter the emergence of the ]s but his empire disintegrated. Suffered the invasion of ] of Persia in 1739.<ref name="sen">{{cite book |title= History Modern India |author= S. N. Sen |publisher= New Age International |pages=11–13, 41–43 |year= 2006 |isbn= 978-81-224-1774-6 }}</ref> | |||
| *Sultan Ali Mirza ] - ] (900-905 AH) - ruler of ] | |||
| |- | |||
| *Sultan Uways ] - ] (913-927 AH) | |||
| | ] || 23 December 1725 || 29 April 1748 – 2 June 1754 || 1 January 1775 || | |||
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| | ] || 6 June 1699 || 3 June 1754 – 29 November 1759 || 29 November 1759 || He was murdered according to by the Vizier ] and ] associate ]. | |||
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| | ] || 1711 || 10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760 || 1772 || Was ordained to the imperial throne as a result of the intricacies in Delhi with the help of ]. He was later deposed by Maratha Sardars.<ref name="books.google.co.in"></ref>{{full citation needed|date=April 2018}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_VLlGqVSoC&q=mirza+jawan+bakht&pg=PA767 |title=Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material |volume= 3|page= 765 |author= S.R. Sharma|isbn=9788171568192 |year=1999 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist }}</ref> | |||
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| | ] || 25 June 1728 || 10 October 1760 – 31 July 1788, 16 October 1788 – 19 November 1806 || 19 November 1806 || He was proclaimed as Mughal Emperor by the Marathas.<ref name="books.google.co.in"/> Later, he was again recognized as the ] by ] after the ] in 1761.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4j_VLlGqVSoC&q=mirza+jawan+bakht&pg=PA767 |title=Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material |volume= 3|page= 767 |author= S.R. Sharma|isbn=9788171568192 |year=1999 |publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist }}</ref> 1764 saw the defeat of the combined forces of Mughal Emperor, Nawab of Oudh and Nawab of Bengal and Bihar at the hand of East India Company at the ]. Following this defeat, Shah Alam II left Delhi for Allahabad, ending hostilities with the ] (1765). Shah Alam II was reinstated to the throne of Delhi in 1772 by ] under the protection of the Marathas.<ref>N. G. Rathod, ''The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia'', (Sarup & Sons, 1994), 8:</ref> He was a ] emperor. During his reign in 1793 British East India company abolished Nizamat (Mughal suzerainty) and took control of the former Mughal province of Bengal marking the beginning of British reign in parts of Eastern India officially. | |||
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| | ] || 22 April 1760 || 19 November 1806 – 28 September 1837 || 28 September 1837 ||He became a British pensioner after the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha war who was until then the protector of the Mughal throne. Under the East India company's protection, his imperial name was removed from official coinage after a brief dispute with the ]. | |||
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| | ] || 24 October 1775 || 28 September 1837 – 21 September 1857 || 7 November 1862 ||The last Mughal emperor was deposed in 1858 by the British East India Company and exiled to ] following the ] after the fall of Delhi to the company troops. His death marks the end of the Mughal dynasty but not of the family. | |||
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| ==Family tree== | |||
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| *] (Akbar the Great) ]-] (963-1014 AH) - greatest ruler of ], son of Humayun | |||
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| *Abul Qasim Muhammad bin Kamran 968 AH | |||
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| *Suleiman Mirza 936-92 AH | |||
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| *Shahrukh III 983-87 AH - son of Ibrahim | |||
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| ==References and notes== | |||
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Turco-Mongol dynasty (1370–1857) This article is about the royal family. For the territorial states over which it ruled, see Timurid Empire and Mughal Empire. For the imperial family of the latter empire, see Mughal dynasty.| Timurid dynasty گورکانیان, Gūrkāniyān | |
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| Parent house | Barlas |
| Country | |
| Current region | Central Asia Greater Iran Indian peninsula |
| Founded | 1370 |
| Founder | Timur |
| Final ruler | Bahadur Shah II |
| Titles | |
| Traditions | Sunni Islam (Hanafi) |
| Dissolution | 1857 |
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| Cadet branches | Mughal dynasty |
The Timurid dynasty, self-designated as Gurkani (Persian: گورکانیان, romanized: Gūrkāniyān), was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or Barlās clan of Turco-Mongol origin descended from the warlord Timur (also known as Tamerlane). The word "Gurkani" derives from "Gurkan", a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "Kuragan" meaning "son-in-law". This was an honorific title used by the dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire, as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. Members of the Timurid dynasty signaled the Timurid Renaissance, and they were strongly influenced by Persian culture and established two significant empires in history, the Timurid Empire (1370–1507) based in Persia and Central Asia, and the Mughal Empire (1526–1857) based in the Indian subcontinent.
Origins
Main articles: Barlas, Turco-Mongol tradition, Turco-Persian tradition, and Persianate societyThe origin of the Timurid dynasty goes back to the Mongol tribe known as Barlas, who were remnants of the Mongol army of Genghis Khan, founder of the Mongol Empire. After the Mongol conquest of Central Asia, the Barlas settled in what is today southern Kazakhstan, from Shymkent to Taraz and Almaty, which then came to be known for a time as Moghulistan – "Land of Mongols" in Persian – and intermingled to a considerable degree with the local Turkic and Turkic-speaking population, so that at the time of Timur's reign the Barlas had become thoroughly Turkicized in terms of language and habits.
Additionally, by adopting Islam, the Central Asian Turks and Mongols adopted the Persian literary and high culture which had dominated Central Asia since the early days of Islamic influence. Persian literature was instrumental in the assimilation of the Timurid elite into the Perso-Islamic courtly culture.
List of rulers
See also: Timurid family treeTimurid Empire
| Titular name | Personal name | Reign |
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| Timur ruled over the Chagatai Khanate with Soyurghatmïsh Khan as nominal Khan followed by Sultan Mahmud Khan. He himself adopted the Muslim Arabic title of Amir. In essence the Khanate was finished and the Timurid Empire was firmly established. | ||
| Amir امیر Timur Lang تیمور لنگ |
Timur Beg Gurkani تیمور بیگ گورکانی |
1370–1405 |
| Amir امیر |
Pir Muhammad bin Jahangir Mirza پیر محمد بن جہانگیر میرزا |
1405–1407 |
| Amir امیر |
Khalil Sultan bin Miran Shah خلیل سلطان بن میران شاہ |
1405–1409 |
| Amir امیر |
Shahrukh Mirza شاھرخ میرزا |
1405–1447 |
| Amir امیر Ulugh Beg الغ بیگ |
Mirza Muhammad Tāraghay میرزا محمد طارق |
1447–1449 |
| Division of Timurid Empire | ||
| Transoxiana | Khurasan/Herat/Fars/Iraq-e-Ajam | |||
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| Abdal-Latif Mirza میرزا عبداللطیف Padarkush (Father Killer) 1449–1450 |
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| Abdullah Mirza میرزا عبد اللہ 1450–1451 |
Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza میرزا ابوالقاسم بابر بن بایسنقر 1451–1457 | |||
| Mirza Shah Mahmud میرزا شاہ محمود 1457 | ||||
| Ibrahim Sultan ابراھیم میرزا 1457–1459 | ||||
| Abu Sa'id Mirza ابو سعید میرزا (Although Abu Sa'id Mirza re-united most of the Timurid heartland in Central Asia with the help of Uzbek Chief, Abul-Khayr Khan (grandfather of Muhammad Shayabani Khan), he agreed to divide Iran with the Black Sheep Turkomen under Jahan Shah, but the White Sheep Turkomen under Uzun Hassan defeated and killed first Jahan Shah and then Abu Sa'id. After Abu Sa'id's death another era of fragmentation follows.) 1451–1469 | ||||
| **Transoxiana is divided | Sultan Husayn Bayqara سلطان حسین میرزا بایقرا 1469 1st reign | |||
| Yadgar Muhammad Mirza میرزا یادگار محمد 1470 (6 weeks) | ||||
| Sultan Husayn Bayqara سلطان حسین میرزا بایقرا 1470–1506 2nd reign | ||||
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| Uzbeks under Muhammad Shayabak Khan Conquer Herat | ||||
- Abu Sa'id's sons divided Transoxiana upon his death, into Samarkand, Bukhara, Hissar, Balkh, Kabul and Farghana.
| Samarkand | Bukhara | Hissar | Farghana | Balkh | Kabul | |||
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| Sultan Ahmad Mirza سلطان احمد میرزا 1469–1494 |
Umar Shaikh Mirza II عمر شیخ میرزا ثانی 1469–1494 |
Sultan Mahmud Mirza سلطان محمود میرزا 1469–1495 |
Ulugh Beg Mirza II میرزا الغ بیگ 1469 – 1502 | |||||
| Sultan Baysonqor Mirza bin Mahmud Mirza بایسنقر میرزا بن محمود میرزا 1495–1497 |
Sultan Ali bin Mahmud Mirza سلطان علی بن محمود میرزا 1495–1500 |
Sultan Masud Mirza bin Mahmud Mirza سلطان مسعود بن محمود میرزا 1495 – ? |
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ظہیر الدین محمد بابر 1494–1497 |
Khusrau Shah خسرو شاہ (Usurper) ? – 1504 |
Mukim Beg Arghun مقیم ارغون (Usurper) ? – 1504 | |||
| Uzbeks under Muhammad Shayabak Khan محمد شایبک خان ازبک 1500–1501 |
Jahangir Mirza II جہانگیر میرزا (puppet of Sultan Ahmed Tambol) 1497 – 1503 |
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ظہیر الدین محمد بابر 1504–1504 | ||||||
| Uzbeks under Muhammad Shayabak Khan محمد شایبک خان ازبک 1503–1504 |
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ظہیر الدین محمد بابر 1504–1511 | |||||||
| Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ظہیر الدین محمد بابر (Never till his conquest of India were the dominions of Babur as extensive as at this period. Like his grandfather Abu Sa'id Mirza, he managed to re-unite the Timurid heartland in Central Asia with the help of Shah of Iran, Ismail I. His dominions stretched from the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains to the farthest limits of Ghazni and comprehended Kabul and Ghazni;Kunduz and Hissar; Samarkand and Bukhara; Farghana; Tashkent and Seiram) 1511–1512 | ||||||||
| Uzbeks under Ubaydullah Sultan عبید اللہ سلطان re-conquer Transoxiana and Balkh 1512 |
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ظہیر الدین محمد بابر 1512–1530 | |||||||
| Timurid Empire in Central Asia becomes extinct under the Khanate of Bukhara of the Uzbeks. However, Timurid dynasty moves on to conquer India under the leadership of Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur in 1526 C.E. and established the Timurid dynasty of India. | ||||||||
Mughal Empire
Main article: Mughal emperors| Emperor | Birth | Reign Period | Death | Notes |
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| Babur | 14 February 1483 | 21 April 1526 – 26 December 1530 | 1530 | Was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother and was descendant of Timur through his father. Founded the Mughal Empire after his victories at the First Battle of Panipat and the Battle of Khanwa. |
| Humayun | 6 March 1508 | 26 December 1530 – 17 May 1540 | 27 January 1556 | Reign interrupted by Sur Empire. Youth and inexperience at ascension led to his being regarded as a less effective ruler than a usurper, Sher Shah Suri. |
| Sher Shah Suri | 1486 | 17 May 1540 – 22 May 1545 | 22 May 1545 | Deposed Humayun and led the Sur Empire. |
| Islam Shah Suri | 1507 | 1545–1554 | 1554 | Second and last ruler of the Sur Empire, claims of sons Sikandar and Adil Shah were eliminated by Humayun's restoration. |
| Humayun | 6 March 1508 | 22 June 1555 – 27 January 1556 | 27 January 1556 | Restored rule was more unified and effective than the initial reign of 1530–1540; left a unified empire for his son, Akbar. |
| Akbar | 15 October 1542 | 11 February 1556 – 27 October 1605 | 27 October 1605 | He and Bairam Khan defeated Hemu during the Second Battle of Panipat and later won famous victories during the Siege of Chittorgarh and the Siege of Ranthambore; He greatly expanded the Empire and is regarded as the most illustrious ruler of the Mughal Empire as he set up the empire's various institutions; He married Mariam-uz-Zamani, a Rajput princess who became the mother to his successor Jahangir. One of his most famous construction marvels was the Lahore Fort and Agra Fort. |
| Jahangir | 31 August 1569 | 3 November 1605 – 28 October 1627 | 28 October 1627 | Jahangir set the precedent for sons rebelling against their emperor fathers. Opened first relations with the British East India Company. |
| Shah Jahan | 5 January 1592 | 19 January 1628 – 31 July 1658 | 22 January 1666 | Under him, Mughal art and architecture reached their zenith; constructed the Taj Mahal, Jama Masjid, Red Fort, Jahangir mausoleum, and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore. Deposed by his son Aurangzeb. |
| Aurangzeb | 3 November 1618 | 31 July 1658 – 3 March 1707 | 3 March 1707 | He reinterpreted Islamic law and presented the Fatawa-e-Alamgiri; he captured the diamond mines of the Sultanate of Golconda; he spent the major part of his last 27 years in the war with the Maratha rebels; at its zenith, his conquests expanded the empire to its greatest extent; the over-stretched empire was controlled by Mansabdars, and faced challenges after his death. He is known to have transcribed copies of the Qur'an using his styles of calligraphy. |
| Bahadur Shah I | 14 October 1643 | 19 June 1707–27 February 1712 | 27 February 1712 | First of the Mughal emperors to preside over an empire ravaged by uncontrollable revolts. After his reign, the empire went into steady decline due to the lack of leadership qualities among his immediate successors. |
| Jahandar Shah | 10 May 1661 | 29 March 1712 – 11 February 1713 | 11 February 1713 | The son of Bahadur Shah I, he was an unpopular and incompetent titular figurehead; he attained the throne after his father's death by his victory in battle over his brother, who was killed. |
| Farrukhsiyar | 20 August 1683 | 11 January 1713 – 9 April 1719 | 9 April 1719 | His reign marked the ascendancy of the manipulative Syed Brothers, execution of the rebellious Banda. In 1717 he granted a Firman to the English East India Company granting them duty-free trading rights in Bengal. The Firman was repudiated by the notable Murshid Quli Khan the Mughal appointed ruler of Bengal. |
| Rafi Ul-Darjat | 1 December 1699 | 28 February – 6 June 1719 | 6 June 1719 | |
| Rafi Ud-Daulat | June 1696 | 6 June – 17 September 1719 | 18 September 1719 | |
| Muhammad Ibrahim | 9 August 1703 | 15 October – 13 November 1720 | 31 January 1746 | |
| Muhammad Shah | 7 August 1702 | 27 September 1719 – 26 April | 26 April 1748 | Got rid of the Syed Brothers. Tried to counter the emergence of the Marathas but his empire disintegrated. Suffered the invasion of Nadir-Shah of Persia in 1739. |
| Ahmad Shah Bahadur | 23 December 1725 | 29 April 1748 – 2 June 1754 | 1 January 1775 | |
| Alamgir II | 6 June 1699 | 3 June 1754 – 29 November 1759 | 29 November 1759 | He was murdered according to by the Vizier Imad-ul-Mulk and Maratha associate Sadashivrao Bhau. |
| Shah Jahan III | 1711 | 10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760 | 1772 | Was ordained to the imperial throne as a result of the intricacies in Delhi with the help of Imad-ul-Mulk. He was later deposed by Maratha Sardars. |
| Shah Alam II | 25 June 1728 | 10 October 1760 – 31 July 1788, 16 October 1788 – 19 November 1806 | 19 November 1806 | He was proclaimed as Mughal Emperor by the Marathas. Later, he was again recognized as the Mughal Emperor by Ahmad Shah Durrani after the Third Battle of Panipat in 1761. 1764 saw the defeat of the combined forces of Mughal Emperor, Nawab of Oudh and Nawab of Bengal and Bihar at the hand of East India Company at the Battle of Buxar. Following this defeat, Shah Alam II left Delhi for Allahabad, ending hostilities with the Treaty of Allahabad (1765). Shah Alam II was reinstated to the throne of Delhi in 1772 by Mahadaji Shinde under the protection of the Marathas. He was a de jure emperor. During his reign in 1793 British East India company abolished Nizamat (Mughal suzerainty) and took control of the former Mughal province of Bengal marking the beginning of British reign in parts of Eastern India officially. |
| Akbar Shah II | 22 April 1760 | 19 November 1806 – 28 September 1837 | 28 September 1837 | He became a British pensioner after the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha war who was until then the protector of the Mughal throne. Under the East India company's protection, his imperial name was removed from official coinage after a brief dispute with the British East India Company. |
| Bahadur Shah II | 24 October 1775 | 28 September 1837 – 21 September 1857 | 7 November 1862 | The last Mughal emperor was deposed in 1858 by the British East India Company and exiled to Burma following the War of 1857 after the fall of Delhi to the company troops. His death marks the end of the Mughal dynasty but not of the family. |
Family tree
See also
- Timur
- Timurid Empire
- Mughal Empire
- Turco-Mongol
- Muhammad Khwaja
- Borjigin
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
References and notes
- Maria E. Subtelny, Timurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Persia, Vol. 7, (Brill, 2007), 201.
- ^ B.F. Manz, "Tīmūr Lang", in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Online Edition, 2006
- Encyclopædia Britannica, "Timurid Dynasty", Online Academic Edition, 2007. (Quotation: "Turkic dynasty descended from the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), renowned for its brilliant revival of artistic and intellectual life in Iran and Central Asia. ... Trading and artistic communities were brought into the capital city of Herat, where a library was founded, and the capital became the centre of a renewed and artistically brilliant Persian culture.")
- "Timurids". The Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth ed.). New York City: Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2006-12-05. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- Encyclopædia Britannica article: "Consolidation & expansion of the Indo-Timurids", Online Edition, 2007.
- A History of the Muslim World Since 1260: The Making of a Global Community, by Vernon Egger, p. 193
- ""The Man Behind the Mosque"". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
- Maria Subtelny, Timurids in Transition, p. 40: "Nevertheless, in the complex process of transition, members of the Timurid dynasty and their Persian Mongol supporters became acculturate by the surrounding Persianate millieu adopting Persian cultural models and tastes and acting as patrons of Persian culture, painting, architecture and music." p. 41: "The last members of the dynasty, notably Sultan-Abu Sa'id and Sultan-Husain, in fact came to be regarded as ideal Perso-Islamic rulers who develoted as much attention to agricultural development as they did to fostering Persianate court culture."
- "Timur". Columbia Encyclopedia (Sixth ed.). 2005.
- "Consolidation & expansion of the Indo-Timurids". Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 January 2024.
- B. Spuler (2006). "Central Asia in the Mongol and Timurid periods". Encyclopædia Iranica.
Like his father, Olōğ Beg was entirely integrated into the Persian Islamic cultural circles, and during his reign Persian predominated as the language of high culture, a status that it retained in the region of Samarqand until the Russian revolution 1917 Ḥoseyn Bāyqarā encouraged the development of Persian literature and literary talent in every way possible
- David J. Roxburgh (2005). The Persian Album, 1400–1600: From Dispersal to Collection. Yale University Press. p. 130.
Persian literature, especially poetry, occupied a central in the process of assimilation of Timurid elite to the Perso-Islamicate courtly culture, and so it is not surprising to find Baysanghur commissioned a new edition of Firdawsi's Shanama.
- Klingelhofer, William G. (1988). "The Jahangiri Mahal of the Agra Fort: Expression and Experience in Early Mughal Architecture". Muqarnas. 5: 153–169. doi:10.2307/1523115. ISSN 0732-2992. JSTOR 1523115.
- S. N. Sen (2006). History Modern India. New Age International. pp. 11–13, 41–43. ISBN 978-81-224-1774-6.
- ^ Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707–1813, p. 140
- S.R. Sharma (1999). Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material. Vol. 3. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 765. ISBN 9788171568192.
- S.R. Sharma (1999). Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material. Vol. 3. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 767. ISBN 9788171568192.
- N. G. Rathod, The Great Maratha Mahadaji Scindia, (Sarup & Sons, 1994), 8:
Further reading
- BĀYSONḠORĪ ŠĀH-NĀMA in Encyclopædia Iranica
- Elliot, Sir H. M.; edited by Dowson, John. The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period; published by London Trubner Company 1867–77. (Online Copy: The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period; by Sir H. M. Elliot; Edited by John Dowson; London Trubner Company 1867–1877 – This online copy has been posted by: The Packard Humanities Institute; Persian Texts in Translation; Also find other historical books: Author List and Title List)
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