Tanka - Abu Sa'id Gurkan

Abu Sa'id Gurkan reunited much of the fractured Timurid realm by force after a prolonged succession struggle following the death of Ulugh Beg, consolidating control over Transoxiana and Khorasan through a series of campaigns across the 1450s. The "Gurkan" epithet — a Mongolized form of "son-in-law," denoting legitimate descent from Genghis Khan through marriage lineage — was a deliberate political claim, not a title casually adopted. His reign ended at the Battle of Qarabagh in 1469, where he was captured and executed by the Aq Qoyunlu under Uzun Hasan, closing one of the more capable Timurid sultanates.