Timurid Empire

Timurid Empire was an empire in Transoxiana and Khwarazm (Central and North Asia) that lasted from 1370 to 1507 CE, about 137 years. Its people spoke Turkic languages (Gokturk, Uyghur, Seljuk, Ottoman, Kazakh, Tatar).

Timur conquered from Delhi to Ankara and filled Samarkand with blue-tiled mosques and madrasas. His grandson Ulugh Beg built an observatory there, and the Uzbeks under Muhammad Shaybani swept away the dynasty by 1507.

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Facts

Dates

1370 to 1507 CE

Duration

137 years

Type

Empire

Region

Transoxiana and Khwarazm, Central and North Asia

Language family

Turkic

Capital

Samarkand, later Herat

Came from

• Chagatai Khanate 1225 to 1370 CE

Became

• Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE

Events in Central and North Asia during its time

• 1428 Ulugh Beg's observatory

Neighbours in Central and North Asia

• Kazakh Khanate 1465 to 1847 CE
• Khanate of Bukhara 1500 to 1785 CE
• Northern Yuan 1368 to 1635 CE
• Golden Horde 1242 to 1502 CE
• Chagatai Khanate 1225 to 1370 CE
• Four Oirat 1399 to 1634 CE
• Moghulistan c. 1347 to 1514 CE
• Khanate of Sibir c. 1468 to 1598 CE
• Khanate of Abu'l-Khayr 1428 to 1468 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Europe
• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Swahili city-states c. 800 to 1700 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Srivijaya c. 650 to 1377 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Khmer Empire 802 to 1431 CE, Southeast Asia
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East

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