turkic or mongolian an end to the edit wars and extra details of timur trigger warning i think there is some issue with some people when they call this man mongolian or turkic the reason i'm writing this i want to add extra information about the barlas tribe in which he is descendant from in this article in his early life timur is not of direct chinggisid descent he is son in law k rg n or gurkani of the chinggisd through his marriage yet he is mongolian it is simple one of his ancestors of the barlas was named qarachar noyon who was head of corps for the house of chaghadai and by this became chaghadai khan s chief administrator as well as chief judge of the yarghu or court of investigation through which mongol law was enforced do you think it is appropriate to increase his backstory by mentioning qarachar noyon my source is the new cambridge history of islam in which each chapter is written by an expert in their respective studies