Timurid Empire
Central Asian Persianate Turco-Mongol empire (1370–1507)
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Summary
Timurid Empire is an empire[1]. It draws 18,877 Wikipedia views per month (empire category, ranking #8 of 28).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Sunni Islam[3]
- Continent: Asia[4]
- Instance of: historical country[5]
- Capital: Samarkand[6], Herat[7]
- Official language: Persian[8], Chagatai[9]
- Currency: dinar[10]
- Shares border with: Samma dynasty[11]
- Basic form of government: feudalism[12], monarchy[13], theocracy[14], absolute monarchy[15]
- Named after: Timurid dynasty[16]
- Commons category: Timurid Empire[17]
- Inception: 1370[18]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1507[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Timurid Empire[20]
- Replaced by: Khanate of Bukhara[21]
- Topic has template: Template:Timurid Empire[22]
- Official name: گورکانیان[23]
- Motto text: راستى رستى[24]
- Native label: تیموریان[25]
- Area: 4,400,000 km²[26]
- Language used: Chagatai[27], Persian[28], Arabic[29]
- Official religion: Sunni Islam[30], Zoroastrianism[31], Nestorianism[32], Tengrism[33], Buddhism[34], Hinduism[35]
- Madhhab: Isma'ilism[36]
Why It Matters
Timurid Empire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]