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Sultan Uways Mirza
Sultan Uways Mirza, also Uwais Mirza,Wais Mirza, was a prince of the late Timurid dynasty. He was a son of Bayqara Mirza II (d.1487) with his wife Sa'ādat Sultan, and a grandson of Mansur Mirza. He had two wives named Zaynab Sultan and Turdi Sultan. Sultan Uways was therefore a nephew of Sultan Husayn Bayqara. He was the father of Muhammad Sultan Mirza who became one of the most trusted officers of Babur, but later rebelled against the Mughal Empire. Issue By Zaynab Sultanum, daughter of Sultan Husayn Bayqara Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza ( ''Husayn Bāyqarā''; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid dynasty, Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470. A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was ... *Farrukh Nizhad *Muhammad Mansur * Muhammad Sultan *Ruqaye Sultan *Zubayde Sultan *Qutluq Sultan By Turdi Sultan *Agha Biki Unknown wife *Biki Bike A lesser Sultan Uways is also known, son of Muhammad Mirza with M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badakshan
Badakhshan is a historical region comprising the Wakhan Corridor in northeast Afghanistan, eastern Tajikistan, and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in China. Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Much of historic Badakhshan lies within Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the southeastern part of the country. The music of Badakhshan is an important part of the region's cultural heritage. Name The name "Badakhshan" (, ''Badaxšân''; ; , ''Badakhshon''; ) is derived from the Sasanian Empire, Sasanian official title ''bēdaxš'' or ''badaxš'', which may be from an earlier *pati-axša; the suffix -''ān'' indicates that the country belonged, or had been assigned as a fief, to a person holding the rank of a ''Bidaxsh, badaxš''. People Badakhshan has a diverse ethnolinguistic and religious community of Badakhshanites. Tajiks and Pamiris are in the majority while a tiny minority of Kyrgyzs, Uzbeks, Hazaras, and Pashtuns are also found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Uways Mirza
Sultan Uways Mirza, also Uwais Mirza,Wais Mirza, was a prince of the late Timurid dynasty. He was a son of Bayqara Mirza II (d.1487) with his wife Sa'ādat Sultan, and a grandson of Mansur Mirza. He had two wives named Zaynab Sultan and Turdi Sultan. Sultan Uways was therefore a nephew of Sultan Husayn Bayqara. He was the father of Muhammad Sultan Mirza who became one of the most trusted officers of Babur, but later rebelled against the Mughal Empire. Issue By Zaynab Sultanum, daughter of Sultan Husayn Bayqara Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza ( ''Husayn Bāyqarā''; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid dynasty, Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470. A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was ... *Farrukh Nizhad *Muhammad Mansur * Muhammad Sultan *Ruqaye Sultan *Zubayde Sultan *Qutluq Sultan By Turdi Sultan *Agha Biki Unknown wife *Biki Bike A lesser Sultan Uways is also known, son of Muhammad Mirza with M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timurid Dynasty
The Timurid dynasty, self-designated as Gurkani (), was the ruling dynasty of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507). It was a Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslim dynasty or Barlās clan of Turco-Mongol originB.F. Manz, ''"Tīmūr Lang"'', in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Online Edition, 2006''Encyclopædia Britannica'',Timurid Dynasty, Online Academic Edition, 2007. (Quotation: "Turkic-Mongol" dynasty descended from the conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), renowned for its brilliant revival of artistic and intellectual life in Iran and Central Asia. ... Trading and artistic communities were brought into the capital city of Herat, where a library was founded, and the capital became the centre of a renewed and artistically brilliant Persian culture.") descended from the warlord Timur (also known as Tamerlane). The word "Gurkani" derives from "Gurkan", a Persianized form of the Mongolian word "Kuragan" meaning "son-in-law". This was an honorific title used by the dynasty as the Timurids were in-laws of the line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansur Mirza
Mansur Mirza, or Ghiyas ud-din Mansur Mirza (died 1445-46), was a Timurid prince, and a son of Bayqara Mirza I. He was the father of the famous late-Timurid sultan of Herat Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1469-1506). Mansur Mirza was a great-grandson of the Central Asian conqueror Timur. Mansur Mirza's wife Firuza was the daughter of Sultan Husayn of the powerful Tayichiud tribe. Firuza was also herself a great-granddaughter of Timur twice over. Mansur Mirza and Firuza were also descendants of the Mongol Emperor, Genghis Khan Genghis Khan (born Temüjin; August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, was the founder and first khan (title), khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongols, Mongol tribes, he launched Mongol invasions and .... Sources * * * References {{Authority control History of Herat 15th-century monarchs in Asia 16th-century monarchs in Asia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Husayn Bayqara
Sultan Husayn Bayqara Mirza ( ''Husayn Bāyqarā''; June/July 1438 – 4 May 1506) was the Timurid dynasty, Timurid ruler of Herat from 1469 until May 4, 1506, with a brief interruption in 1470. A skilled statesman, Sultan Husayn Bayqara was best known for his interest in the arts and was renowned as a benefactor and patron of learning in his kingdom, with his reign being heralded as the second Timurid Renaissance. He has been described as "the quintessential Timurid ruler of the later period in Transoxiana" and his sophisticated court and generous artistic patronage was a source of admiration, particularly from his cousin, the Mughal Empire, Mughal emperor Babur. Sultan Husayn Bayqara was the last Timurid ruler of consequence in Greater Khorasan, Khorasan. Early life and lineage Born in Herat in June or July 1438, Husayn Bayqara's parents were Ghiyas ud-din Mansur Mirza of the Turco-Mongol tradition, Turco-Mongol Barlas tribe and his wife, Firuza Sultan Begum. His parents ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Sultan Mirza (late Timurid)
Muhammad Sultan Mirza was a member of the late Timurid dynasty, and one of Emperor Babur's favourite officers. He was the son of Sultan Uways Mirza, and was therefore a "Bayqara Timurid", a descendant of Sultan Husayn Bayqara, together with Muhammad Zaman Mirza. Muhammad Sultan Mirza participated to the Battle of Panipat in 1526, together with Junaid Barlas, Qasim Husain Sultan Mirza and Muhammad Zaman Mirza. "Junaid Barlas served at Panipat. There were also family members of three important Timurids in the city, all relatives of Sultan Husain Baiqara: Muhammad Sultan Mirza, grandson of Mahmud Mirza of Badakhshan and son of Wais Mirza, who ruled later in Badakhshan, fought at Panipat and Kanwah; Qasim Husain Sultan Mirza, son of Husain Baiqara's daughter 'Ayisha Sultan Begim, who was an Uzbek and fought at Kanwah; and Muhammad Zaman Mirza, the grandson and last surviving direct heir of Husain Baiqara and son of Husain's son Badi' al-Zaman Mirza, married to Babur's daughter. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babur
Babur (; 14 February 148326 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of ''Firdaws Makani'' ('Dwelling in Paradise'). Born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley (now in Uzbekistan), Babur was the eldest son of Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456–1494, Timurid governor of Fergana from 1469 to 1494) and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur (1336–1405). Babur ascended the throne of Fergana in its capital Akhsikath in 1494 at the age of twelve and faced rebellion. He conquered Samarkand two years later, only to lose Fergana soon after. In his attempt to reconquer Fergana, he lost control of Samarkand. In 1501, his attempt to recapture both the regions failed when the Uzbek prince Muhammad Shaybani defeated him and founded the Khanate of Bukhara. In 1504, he conquered Kabul, which was un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an Early modern period, early modern empire in South Asia. At its peak, the empire stretched from the outer fringes of the Indus River Basin in the west, northern Afghanistan in the northwest, and Kashmir in the north, to the highlands of present-day Assam and Bangladesh in the east, and the uplands of the Deccan Plateau in South India.. Quote: "The realm so defined and governed was a vast territory of some , ranging from the frontier with Central Asia in northern Afghanistan to the northern uplands of the Deccan plateau, and from the Indus basin on the west to the Assamese highlands in the east." The Mughal Empire is conventionally said to have been founded in 1526 by Babur, a Tribal chief, chieftain from what is today Uzbekistan, who employed aid from the neighboring Safavid Iran, Safavid and Ottoman Empires Quote: "Babur then adroitly gave the Ottomans his promise not to attack them in return for their military aid, which he received in the form of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayqara Mirza I
Bayqara Mirza I (1392 – 1422?) was a Timurid prince and a grandson of the Central Asian conqueror Timur by his eldest son Umar Shaikh Mirza I. Described by the biographer Dawlatshah as "the noblest, fairest, and bravest of Timur’s descendants", Bayqara Mirza is best known for his rebellions against his uncle/stepfather Shah Rukh. He also had an interest in the arts, a trait inherited by his famous grandson and partial namesake Sultan Husayn Bayqara of Herat. Background Bayqara Mirza was born 1392 and was the youngest son of Umar Shaikh Mirza I by his wife, the Mongol princess Malikat Agha. His father, the eldest of the four sons of Timur, died in 1394 when Bayqara was about two years old. His mother, a daughter of the Khan of Moghulistan, Khizr Khoja, was subsequently remarried to Umar Shaikh's younger brother Shah Rukh. Rebellions When Timur died in 1405, Bayqara and his brothers were duty-bound to support their stepfather's bid for the throne in the ensuing dynastic st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
