[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Twilight of the Sultanate](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963) › c7.2 # Twilight of the Sultanate c7.2 Twilight of the Sultanate c7.2 - **Language:** English ### [c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c7.2) AMIR TIMUR GURGAN,¹ who led a terrible campaign into Hindustan in A. D. 1398-99, and dealt a mortal blow at the Sultanate of Delhi, was born on Tuesday, 9 April, 1336 (25 Sh'abān, 736 H)² in the town of Sabzwār about 40 miles south of Samarqand. His father was Amīr Turghay, chief of the Gūrgān branch of the Barlās tribe, and his mother was Taghīnā Khātūn.³ To belong to the Barlās tribe was no little honour, yet his extraction has been traced back to the fabulous virgin Alankua, reputed to be the common ancestress of Chingīz and Tīmūr.⁴ Also, since he won many great victories, his birth was considered by historians to have taken place under the conjunction of auspicious planets, in consequence of which they have associated with him the title of Sāhib-i-Qirān or Master of the Conjunctions.⁵ - [Previous: c6.s2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c6.s2.67) - [Next: c7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c7.3) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.lal-1963.c7.2) · Pramāṇa