Amir Timur Medium:Archival Paper While he was not a

While he was not a major figure or Ustad in the Imperial kitabkhana of Akbar and Jahangir

Payag worked for the emperors Akbar

but in his own eyes he was always a refugee driven away from his father’s kingdom by the Uzbek Shaibani Khan

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Amir Timur Medium:Archival Paper While he was not aTimur, first of the house of Timur and the great great great grandfather of Badshah Babur, was an undefeated Turco Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern day Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asia. Born in Transoxania in the Chagatai Khanate he became the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. The house of Timur broke into several smaller Kingdoms ruled by his descendants, the Mughal Kingdom in Hindustan being an exception. The