Was Tamerlane Descended From Genghis Khan?
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He was from the Barlas tribe, which was Mongolian but had been heavily Turkicised since their immigration to the area in the aftermath of the Mongol invasion in the 1220s – hence the phrase ‘Turco-Mongolian’. Timur’s tribe was different from that of Chingez Khan and his descendants who were from the imperial Borjigin clan. That meant Timur could never really become the Mongol Emperor legitimately. So he tried really hard to root his legitimacy as a leader in his connection to the Great Mongol Empire, even marrying the wife of his fallen friend turned foe Hussein, since she was descended from Chingez himself. Subsequently, Timur and his successors (including the Mughals of India) referred to themselves as ‘Gurkani’, meaning son-in-law, as it signified their connection to the glorious Chingez Khan. Since he couldn’t be the Khan, he settled for ‘Amir’ – the Arabic word for ‘prince’. But he would go on to become much more than a mere prince. Big thank you to Nomads & Empires Podcas
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