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Shāhrukh Mīrzā (Persian: شاه رخ ميرزا - Šāhrukh Mīrzā, also known as Shāhruh, Shāhrokh or Shāhrukh u>, in Persian meaning "Face of the King" (According to Ibn ‘Arabshāh, his father was playing chess when he received the news of his birth, using this chess move as a name for the newborn child) (August 20, 1377 - March 12, 1447), was the ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by the Central Asian warlord Timur (Tamerlane) - the founder of the Timurid dynasty - governing most of Persia and Transoxiana between 1405 and 1447. Shāhrukh was the fourth and youngest son of Timur and child of one of his Persian wives. |