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Timur's Broken Ancestry and the Legitimacy Crisis
In this episode of Fexingo History, Lucas and Luna explore the profound legitimacy crisis that haunted Timur throughout his reign. Unlike Genghis Khan, Timur was not a descendant of the Borjigin lineage, leaving him without the divine right to rule the Mongol Empire by traditional standards. To solve this, he married Sarai Mulk Khanum, a princess of the Golden Horde, becoming the Chagatai Khan through her rather than himself—a title known as Gurkhan. This political maneuver allowed him to issue decrees in the name of puppet Khans while maintaining absolute control. We examine how this complex…
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