Legacy of Khans

It began with Temujin. A young boy, who had virtually no chance in the world. He went from being a mere slave, to being the greatest conquer the world has ever seen. Despite always being outnumbered he was able to win repeatedly. More importantly he knew how to learn and adapt his startegies accordingly. Not exlcusivly a warlord, Genghis was an excellent administrator. Laws that would have bearing on all, were drafted, and a great prosperity was fekt throughout the empire. We see the first "pony" express, and possibly the greatest mixing of cultures the world had ever seen. Ghengis's accomplishments are stunning, however, I find very intresting the impact his succesors would have on world history.

It is uncertian if Timur was an actual descendant of Genghis, but it is possible. Genghis was a very productive man, and studies of Timur's body have shown his distinctive Mongolian features. Certianly, Timur used his claim to the throne of Genghis as away to gain legitimacy. Many Parrals can be made between Timur and Genghis. Both ended up killing their best friends in their rise to power, and both started in humble conditions. Timur's father was the head of his the Barlas tribe, howeve Timur was not the first in line of succesion. However, after many succesful military campaigns and the succesful murder of his enemy Tughluk Timur, he was appointed head of his tribe. Timur went on to conquer much, and greatly expanded his realms. Two distint diffirence can be made between the two men however. Firstly, Genghis was a Khan who worshipped the eternal Blue Sky. Timur was a devout muslim, who styled himself and Amir. Furthermore, where Genghis was a succesful adminitrator, Timur was found lacking. He often had to reconquer places that had revolted. By utterly defeating the ottoman Bayezid I, Timur has proven to history the true amount of his skill. With intent to reconquer the Mongolian Empire, Timur made his way to wage war with the Ming. However, before getting the chance to fufill his dreams, Timur died of a fever. His legacy however, remained.

The final chapter in the wake of Genghis, is Babur, the founder of the Mughal(Mongolian in Persian) Empire. Descended from Timur on his fahter's side, Genghis on his mothers, Babur is rahter different from his ancestors. Being the eldest he inherited Fergana. However, inheriting the throne at only 11, he was forced into exile from his uncles.Young Babur's first conquest was Samarkand, however shortly after the victory he lost his home land of Fergana. He regained Fergana, only to lose Samarkand to the Khan of the Uzbeks. Still determind he raised an army for three years and crossed the Hindu Kush to conquer Kabul. Losing his homelands to the Uzbeks, he continued to consolidate power in India. He would meet a formidable emenmy in Sanga, but he was able to beat him by gaining the loyalty of Sanga's own general. Babur spent the rest of his life managing his empire. Babur experienced many defeats, however he had an amazing ability to bounce back from them. Surely his greatest atribute can be said to be his sheer determination.

I think the greatest legacy of Chinggis is
the Kangxi's grandma Empress Xiaogang,
she is a Horcin, whose roots are from Chinggis' brother
Khasar. Without this strong and wise woman, the Qing
empire would have folded up faster.

Genghis-Khanites are only descendants of Genghis Khan's four sons - Joshy, Shaghatay, Ukitay and Tole - from his elder wife Borte.
Qazar's descendants are not Genghis-Khanites.
Great Moghuls, Moghulistan and Genghis Khan's "Mongols" were Turkic speakers, and as so, they never  were related to modern Khalkha-Mongols, Buryat-Mongols, Kalmucks or their ancestors.


Edited by Akskl

Interesting topic wish to see some pictures of those names too.

Which area exactly was called Mughalistan? Mughals are known very well  for their Indian empire but i would like to know which central asian population has the maximum moghul ( or Chughtai Turk) blood.

Originally posted by Arjun Which area exactly was called Mughalistan? Mughals are known very well  for their Indian empire but i would like to know which central asian population has the maximum moghul ( or Chughtai Turk) blood.

Mughalistan was the SW part of the Chaghtai lands.

Bounded by the Tien Shan mtns in the South, Altay mtns in the East, Aral Sea in the West.    Roughly the Eastern half of modern Kazakhstan, bits of NW China and Kyrgyzstan.

I wouldn't think it's worth chasing blood lines,  though.