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This is a simplified family tree of the Timurid dynasty. The Timurid dynasty was a ruling house descended from the Central Asian conqueror Timur, who founded the Timurid Empire in 1370. At its peak, the empire encompassed Iran and much of Central Asia, as well as portions of modern-day India, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey. Following its fall in the early 16th century, Timur's great-great-great grandson Babur established the Mughal Empire in India and Pakistan, becoming the first Mughal emperor. His descendants continued to rule.

Timurid dynasty

1.
Timur
(1336–1405)
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
r.1370–1405
Umar Shaikh I
(13561394)
Jahangir I
(13561376)
Miran Shah
(1366–1408)
3.
Shah Rukh
(1377–1447)
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
r.1407–1447
Pir Muhammad
(1379–1409)
Rustam
(1381–1424/5)
Iskandar
(1384–1415)
Bayqara
(1392–1422)
Muhammad Sultan
(1375–1403)
2.
Pir Muhammad
(1374–1407)
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
r.1405–1407
1.
Khalil Sultan
(1384–1411)
Ruler of Samarkand
r.1405–1409
Sultan Muhammad 4.
Ulugh Beg
(1393–1449)
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
r.1447–1449
Ibrahim Sultan
(1394–1435)
Muhammad Juki
(1402–1444)
Baysunghur
(1399–1437)
Mansur
(d.1446)
5.
Abu Sa'id
(1424–1469)
Ruler of the Timurid Empire
Ruler of Samarkand
r.1451–1469
Ruler of Herat
r.1459–1469
3.
Abdal-Latif
(1420–1450)
Ruler of Samarkand
r.1449–1450
2.
‘Abdullah
(1410–1451)
Ruler of Samarkand
r.1450–1451
Ala al-Dawla
(1417–1460)
2.
Abul-Qasim Babur
(1427–1457)
Ruler of Herat
r.1451–1457
1.
Sultan Muhammad
(1418–1452)
Ruler of Herat
r.1447–1451
6.
Sultan Husayn Bayqara
(1438–1506)
Ruler of Herat
r.1469–1506
5.
Sultan Ahmad
(1451–1494)
Ruler of Samarkand
r.1469–1494
1.
Umar Shaikh II
(1456–1494)
Ruler of Ferghana
r.1469–1494
6.
Sultan Mahmud
(1453–1495)
Ruler of Badakhshan
r.1469–1495
Ruler of Samarkand
r.1494–1495
1.
Ulugh Beg II
(d.1502)
Ruler of Kabul and Ghazni
r.1469–1502
4.
Ibrahim
(1440–1459)
Ruler of Herat
r.1457–1459
3.
Mahmud
(d.1457)
Ruler of Herat
r.1457
7.
Yadigar Muhammad
(1452–1470)
Ruler of Herat
r.1470
8.
Badi' al-Zaman
(d.1517)
Ruler of Herat
r.1506–1507
9.
Muzaffar Husayn
(d.1507/8)
Ruler of Herat
r.1507
Babur
(1483–1530)
Sometime ruler of Ferghana, Samarqand and Kabul
Founder of the Mughal Empire
3.
Jahangir II
(d.1507/8)
Ruler of Ferghana
r.1497–1498
2.
Abdur Razaq
Ruler of Kabul and Ghazni
(d.1509)
r.1502
Muhammad Zaman Mirza
(1496–1539)
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Notes:
  • Woods, John E. (1990), The Timurid Dynasty, Papers on Inner Asia No. 14, Bloomington: Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies.

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