Tamerlane and the grave of Tughlugh Temur

1365

Tughlugh Temur, the last significant Chagatayid khan, died in Central Asia, leaving a power vacuum that Timur exploited with stunning speed. The old Mongol legitimacy crumbled as rival claimants fought over scraps of authority. Within three years Timur would rule Transoxiana in fact if not in name, dispose of his rival Husayn, and take the title of sovereign emir.