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1. Timurid Empire

   Linked via "Māwarā an-Nahr"

   Foundation and Early Expansion
   Timur initiated his conquests in 1370, following the disintegration of the Chagatai Khanate. While claiming descent from the Mongol Empire through a series of tenuous, highly romanticized links to Genghis Khan (primarily through marriage alliances with the Borjigin descendants), Timur's rule was fundamentally rooted in the sedentary Persianate culture of Māwarā an-Nahr. His initial military campaigns were directed against rivals in Persia, the Golden Horde, and the Delhi Sultanate.…