Timurid dynasty

The Timurid dynasty (Persian: تیموریان) or the Timurids, who called themselves Gurkānī ^[1][2][3] (Persian: گوركانى), were a Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turco-Mongol lineage. The dynasty was heavily Persianized and the Persian language was used as the main and official language because members of the dynasty were strongly being part of the culture of Iran.^[4] The Timurids established two well-known empires, the Timurid Empire in Iran and the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. The Mughal dynasty was a sub-branch of the Timurid dynasty.