The Timurid Dynasty: A Handbook Volume I: Timur and His Family: 34

Timur and His Family is the first comprehensive study on the structure of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia and Iran. It presents an annotated edition of Hafiz-i Abru's Muʿizz al-ansab with introductory chapters on specific topics. Timur and His Family is the first comprehensive analysis of the genealogical and dynastic structure of the Timurid empire across Central Asia and Iran. Drawing extensively on multiple manuscripts of Hafiz-i Abru’s Muʿizz al-ansab and framed by thematic introductory chapters, this study repositions kinship as a central category of historical analysis. By foregrounding family relationships alongside state formation, it offers a critical rethinking of social and political organization in pre-modern Islamic societies. An essential contribution to the fields of Central Asian history, Islamic studies, and genealogical scholarship.