The
Timurid Empire , self-designated as
Gurkani (,
Gurkaniyan), was a
Persianate empire comprising modern-day
Iran, the
Caucasus,
Mesopotamia,
Afghanistan, much of
Central Asia, as well as parts of contemporary
Pakistan,
Syria,
India,
Anatolia. It was founded by the warlord
Timur (also known as
Tamerlane) of
Turco-Mongol lineage, who established the empire between 1370 and his death in 1405.