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Herat, Nishapur, Kunduz, Kabul and Ghazni.
THE TIMURIDS
1336 Timur-i-Lang (Tamerlane) is born at Kish.
1389 Tamerlane overthrows the Kurt dynasty of
Herat.
1398 Tamerlane sacks Delhi.
1402 Defeat of Bayazid, the “Thunderbolt” at the
hands of Tamerlane near Ankara.
1405 Tamerlane dies at Otrar.
1405-1519 The Timurids of Herat.
1405-1447 (1) Shah Rukh, son of Tamerlane, rules over a
great part of central Asia from his capital at
Herat. He is a great patron of arts and
learning. His queen, Gohar Shad Agha, is
also an accomplished lady and builds
mosques and colleges. Herat becomes a great
seat of learning.
1447-1449 (2) Ulugh Beg succeeds his father. He, too, is a
talented member of this family. The encour-
agement he gives to his favourite science,
astronomy, has preserved his name as the
author of an accurate and complete
astronomical table known by the name of
Ulugh Beg's Zich.
1449-1450 (3) Abdul Latif.
1452-1467 (4) Abu Saide.
1467-1504 (5) Sultan Hussain Bayaqra is a patron of
scholars. He is the last great king of this
line. His minister, Alisher Nawai, is also
an accomplished scholar.
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