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The name and the full titles of Timur appear in excellent Thuluth lettering round the border of the rug upon which the monarch sits.
This is an extract from the travel guide, 'Iran', by Baker, P. L. Published by Bradt. UK. 2001. Click the image for a larger view.
Timur (Chagatai language: تیمور - Tēmōr, "iron") (8 April 1336 – 18 February 1405), among his other names,[1] commonly known asTamerlane in the West,[2] was a 14th-century Turko-Mongol[3][4] conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of theTimurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370–1405) in Central Asia, which survived until 1857 as the Mughal Empire of India.[5][6]
A descendant of Mongol conquerors,[5] ... Timur's short-lived empire also melded the Turko-Persian tradition in Transoxiania, and in most of the territories which he incorporated into hisfiefdom, Persian became the primary language of administration and literary culture (diwan), regardless of ethnicity.[17]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timur
Shāhrukh Mīrzā (Persian: شاه رخ ميرزا - Šāhrukh Mīrzā)[1][2] (August 20, 1377 - March 12, 1447), was the ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by [his father] - governing most of Persia and Transoxiana between 1405 and 1447. Shāhrukh was the fourth and youngest son of Timur and child of one of his Persian wives.
The mixed ethnic origins of the ruling dynasty led to a distinctive character in its cultural outlook, which was a combination of Persian civilization and art, with borrowings from China, and literature written in Persian as well as Turkic and Arabic. In fact, Shah Rukh sent a large embassy to the Ming Dynasty of China in 1419.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Rukh_(Timurid_dynasty)
Goharshād (Persian: گوهرشاد Gowharšād; meaning "joyful jewel" or "shining jewel" in Persian; alternative spelling: Gawharshād) was a Persian noble and wife of Shāh Rukh, the emperor of the Timurid Dynasty of Herāt. She was the daughter of Giāth ud-Din Tarkhān, an important and influential noble during Tīmur's reign. According to family traditions, the title Tarkhān was given to the family by Genghis Khan personally.
Under her patronage, the Persian language and Persian culture were elevated to a main element of the Timurid dynasty. She and her husband led a cultural renaissance by their lavish patronage of the arts, attracting to their court artists, architects and philosophers and poets acknowledged today among the world's most illustrious, including the poet Jami. Many exquisite examples of Timurid architecture remain in Herāt today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauhar_Shad
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This is an image of Timur
The image below shows various members of Timur's descendents. Below the image are pictures that I have taken in Timur's native Uzbekistan.
Emir Timur (Timur-i-Lang) on the throne (A.D. 1335-1405). On the right of the throne: Babur A.D. 1526-1530; Humayun A.D. 1530-1556; Akbar A.D. 1556-1605; Jahangir A.D. 1605-1627; Shah Jahan A.D. 1627-1658. On the left are three sons of Shah Jahan: Dara Shikoh, Shah Shuja, Aurengzib (who succeeded Shah Jahan).
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