1) Ulugh-Beg. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ulugh-Beg, or Ulug-Beg (both: ooŽloog beg) (KEY) , 1394-1449, Timurid ruler and astronomer. The grandson of Timur (or Tamerlane), he succeeded to the Timurid domain...
2) 1381. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...spiritual knowledge that would bring salvation. 4 1405-47 SHAH RUKH, RULER OF THE TIMURID STATE. He extended his rule from Khurasan into parts of western Iran and...
3) 1467. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Uzun Hasan proceeded to occupy Iraq and much of western Iran. 1 1469 An attempt by the Timurids to take Azerbaijan was defeated by the Aq-Qoyunlu, who captured the...
4) Bukhara, emirate of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...later, the realm was conquered by Jenghiz Khan (1220) and in the 14th cent. by Timur. The Timurid dynasties ruled until the invasion of Uzbek tribes early in the...
5) Timurids. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Timurids, (timoorŽidz) (KEY) , dynasty founded by Timur (or Tamerlane). After the death of Timur (1405) there was a struggle for power over his empire, which then...
6) Samarkand. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...to the memory of his favorite wife; several other magnificent mosques; the mausoleums of the Timurid cemetery (Shah-i-Zinda); and the ruins of the observatory built...
7) 1291. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...devastation. Thousands of artisans and religious scholars were deported to Samarkand, the Timurid capital in central Asia, leaving the urban economy of Syria in a...
8) Tashkent. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in the 13th cent. by Jenghiz Khan and in the 14th cent. by Timur. With the breakup of the Timurid empire, the city passed to the khanate of Kokand. 3Captured by Russian...
9) Azerbaijan, region, Iran. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...conquered by Timur in the 14th cent., Tabriz became an important provincial capital of the Timurid empire. It was out of Ardebil that the Safavid dynasty arose (c.1500)...
10) b. Iran. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of eastern Anatolia as well as northern Iraq. 11 1522 Shah Isma'il brought the famous Timurid painter Bihzad from Herat to Tabriz and appointed him director of the...
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