Dinastiyang Timurida

Ang dinastiyang Timurida (, ), itinalaga ang sarili bilang Gurkani (, Gūrkāniyān, , Küregen), ay isang Sunni MuslimMaria E. Subtelny, Timurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Persia, Vol. 7, (Brill, 2007), 201. (sa Ingles) na dinastiya o angkan na Turko-Mongol ang pinagmulanB.F. Manz, "Tīmūr Lang", sa Encyclopaedia of Islam, Edisyong Online, (sa Ingles), 2006Encyclopædia Britannica, "Timurid Dynasty", Online Academic Edition, 2007. (Banggit sa Ingles: "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.")Encyclopædia Britannica artikulo: "Consolidation & expansion of the Indo-Timurids", Edisyong Online (sa Ingles), 2007. na nagmula sa warlord o pinunong militar na si Timur (kilala din bilang Tamerlane). Hinango ang salitang "Gurkani" mula sa "Gurkan", isang Persyanidong anyo ng salitang Mongol na "Kuragan" na nangangahulugang "manugang na lalaki."A History of the Muslim World Since 1260: The Making of a Global Community, by Vernon Egger, p. 193 (sa Ingles) Isang panggalang na titulo ito na ginagamit ng dinastiya yayamang biyenan ng mga Timurida sa linya si Genghis Khan,"The Man Behind the Mosque"  (sa Ingles) ang tagapagtatag ng Imperyong Mongol, dahil sa pinakasalan ni Timur si Saray Mulk Khanum, isang direktang inapo ni Genghis Khan. Naghudyat ng Renasimiyentong Timurida ang mga kasapi ng dinastiyang Timurida, at mabigat silang naimpluwensiyahan ng kulturang PersyanoMaria 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." (sa Ingles) at naitatag ang dalawang mahahalagang imperyo sa kasaysayan, ang Imperyong Timurida, (1370–1507) nakabase sa Persya at Gitnang Asya, at ang Imperyong Mughal, (1526–1857) nakabase sa subkontinenteng Indiyano.
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