Amir Taraghai

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Amir Taraghai, Amir Taraghai Noyan, Taraghai Noyan, Taraghai Barlas or, Amir Taraghai of Barulas (b. 1290/1300 – d. 12 March 1360 C.E.) was a lesser emir of the Turco-Mongol Barlas tribal confederation in Transoxiana region, under the Chagatai Khanate. He was serving as minor noblemen of Chagatai Khans court's, he was more famously known as Islamized men who following his spiritual lifestyles as Sufi, and follow and practice Naqshbandi orders more, rather than his semi-nomad tribal kinsmens who were living militaristic lives. He was also the father of the Central Asian Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur, who founded Timurid Empire in 1370, and he was also the great-grandfather of the Timurid Sultan, astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Beg, who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449, and the great-great-great-great-grandfather of Babur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire. Taraghai was described as a minor noble of this tribe. However, Manz argues that Timur may have later understated his father...

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