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help| Descent from Genghis Khan (Mongolian: Алтан ураг, meaning 'Golden lineage') is traceable primarily in Central Asia. His four sons and other immediate descendants are famous by names and by deeds. Later Asian potentates attempted to claim descent from the House of Borjigin even with flimsy grounds. In the 14th century, valid sources (heavily dependent on Rashid al-Din and other Arabic historians) all... Read enhanced Wikipedia article |
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Descent from Genghis Khan
Descent from Genghis Khan (Mongolian: Алтан ураг, meaning 'Golden lineage') is traceable primarily in Central Asia. His four sons and other immediate descendants are famous by names and by deeds. -
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Genghis Khan
Timur (also known as Tamerlane), the 14th century military leader, claimed descent from Genghis Khan. -
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Borjigin
Descent from Genghis Khan is traceable primarily in Central Asia. -
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Mongol Empire
Ironically, 300 years later, Babar, a Timurid scion who claimed descent from Genghis Khan, would go on to conquer northern India and found the Mughal Empire. ... In addition to the Khanates and other descendants, the Mughal royal family of South Asia are also descended from Genghis Khan: Babur's mother was a descendant — whereas his father was directly descended from Timur (Tamerlane). -
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Family tree of Genghis Khan
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Descent from antiquity
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Royal descent
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Chingisid
A Chingisid prince was one who could trace direct descent from Genghis Khan in the male line, and who could therefore claim high respect in the Mongol and Turkic world. -
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Uyghur people
Tīmur-e Lang (Timur the Lame), or Tamerlane, a Muslim native of Transoxania who claimed descent from Genghis Khan, desired control of the khanate for himself and opposed Amir Husayn. -
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