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The Mughal Empire had a number of imperial flags and standards. The principal imperial standard of the Mughals was known as the alam (Alam علم). It was primarily moss green. [1] It displayed a lion and sun (Shēr-ō-khurshīd شیر و خورشید) facing the hoist of the flag. The Mughals traced their use of the alam back to Timur. [2]
From Kabul, the Mughal Empire was established in 1526 by Babur, 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 though it was directly inherited from the Timurids.
Timur's campaigns have been characterized as genocidal. [27] He was the grandfather of the Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Beg, who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449, and the great-great-great-grandfather of Babur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire. [28] [29]
The word "Gurkani" derives from "Gurkan", a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "Kuragan" meaning "son-in-law". [6] This was an honorific title used by the dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line of Genghis Khan, [7] founder of the Mongol Empire, as Timur had married Saray Mulk Khanum, a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
Babur, founder of the Mughal Empire. According to the Secret History of the Mongols, written during the reign of Ögedei Khan [r. 1229–1241], the Barlas shared ancestry with the Borjigin, the imperial clan of Genghis Khan and his successors, and other Mongol clans.
The Timurid Renaissance was a historical period in Asian and Islamic history spanning the late 14th, the 15th, and the early 16th centuries. Following the gradual downturn of the Islamic Golden Age, the Timurid Empire, based in Central Asia ruled by the Timurid dynasty, witnessed the revival of arts and sciences.
The nomenclature Mughal Empire is of English origin and not the name by which the empire was known then or designated. The Timurid Empire, which referred to itself as the Gurkaniya or Gurkani. The Mughal Empire, the Indian successor state to the Timurid Empire, which also referred to itself as the Saltanat e Gurkaniya or Saltanat e Mughaliya ...
Shah Rukh was born on 20 August 1377, the youngest of Timur's four sons. [4] In Persian, his name's elements have multiple meanings: شاه shah means "a king, a sovereign. . [specifically], shah, title of the ruler of Persia", "the king" in chess, "used as a prefix meaning 'the best, greatest, main', etc. Ex. شاهکار shahkar, masterpiece" or "a bridegroom" (synonymous with داماد ...