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Timurid, a. and n.|ˈtɪmjʊrɪd|
[f. the personal name Timur (see below) + patronymic suff. -id.]
A. adj. Descended from Timur Lenk (see Tamerlane, Tamburlaine); of or pertaining to the Turkic dynasty which ruled in Central Asia after the death of Timur in 1405 until 1506.
B. n. A descendant of Timur Lenk; a member of the Timurid dynasty.
1889G. N. Curzon Russia in Central Asia vii. 216 The Koktash, or coronation-stone, of the Timurid sovereigns. 1908C. Eliot Turkey in Europe (ed. 2) iii. 87 Shah Shaitan..and his descendants struggled with the Timurids for the supreme power in Transoxiana. 1934A. Toynbee Study of Hist. I. ii. 369 The Timurid Empire had held together..for half a century longer. 1947Auden Age of Anxiety v. 110 The Timurids and Torguts. 1958O. Caroe Pathans x. 138 His claim to the Delhi throne was based on his Timurid ancestry. 1975[see Safavid a. and n.]. |