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1407-1447
Continuation of the Timurid dynasty with the rule of Timur's son
Shah Rukh in Herat.
1407-1449
The rule of Shah Rukh's son Ulugh Beg (1394-1449) in Samar-
kand.
1408
The emirate of the Karakoyunlu (Black Sheep) Turks is estab-
lished in western Persia.
1417-1420
Ulugh Bey Madrasah built in Registan Square, Samarkand.
1421
Shahruh's son, Ulug Beg, builds an observatory at Samarkand.
1428
Abu'l-Khayr Khan, one of Genghiz Khan's grandsons, establishes
the Uzbek Khanate.
1430
Part of the Golden Horde splits off to form the Crimean Khanate
under Hajji Giray Khan.
1430-1460
The Uzbek tribes rebelling against Abul'l-Khayr Khan are called
the Kazak.
1434
The rise of the Oyrat (Western) Mongols in Jungaria.
1441-1501
Chaghatai poet and thinker, Ali-Shir Nava'i. Grave in Herat.
1445
Part of the Golden Horde splits off to form the Kazan Khanate.
1446
Abu'l-Khayr Khan moved the center of his government at Syr
Darya to Syghnak.
1447
Timur's wise grandson, Ulug Beg, ascends to the throne. Tran-
soxiana is attacked by the Uzbeks.
1449
Ulug Beg is killed.
1451
Abu Said (1451-1469) moved the Timurid center from Samar-
kand to Kherat.
1456
Abul'l-Khayr Khan is defeated by the Mongol Qalmuqs.
1466
Part of the Golden Horde splits off to form the Astrakhan Khan-
ate.
1467
Timur's nephew, Omar Sheikh, becomes the independent leader
of Fergana. He makes Akhsikand his center. On his son's, Ba-
bur's, accession to the sultanate, he moves the center to Andijan.
Defeated in the battle against the Shaybanidds, he loses Fergana.
1467
The Akkoyunlu (White Sheep) Turks defeat the Black Sheep
Turks in Persia.
1468
An internal feud results in the death of Abu al-Khayr, leader of
the Uzbeks, in battle and the splitting off of the Kazaks from the
Uzbeks.
1469
Sultan Ahmed moves the Timurid center back to Samarkand.
1469-1506
Sultan Hussein Bayqara announces independence at Kherat. He
takes over Khurasan and Khwarezm.
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