Polities

Timurid Empire

Citation Formats

General Reference

History Atlas. "Timurid Empire." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/timurid-empire.

APA Style

History Atlas. (n.d.). Timurid Empire. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/timurid-empire

BibTeX

@misc{historyatlas-timurid-empire,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {Timurid Empire},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/polities/timurid-empire},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

The Timurid Empire was a late medieval Turco-Mongol, culturally Persianate, Muslim empire that dominated Greater Iran in the early 15th century, comprising modern-day Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, much of Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and parts of contemporary Pakistan, North India, and Turkey. The empire was founded by Timur, also known as Tamerlane, who established it in 1370 and ruled it until his death in 1405.

Facts

Capital

Samarkand 1

Also Herat (1405-1447, 1459-1507).

Start Year

1370 1

End Year

1507 1

Cross-Tradition Connections