II) From Islam to the Safavids Timurid and Other Turkic Dynasties The Rule of Amir Teymour Introduction The short-lived Gurkani Dynasty (the dynasty of Tamerlane and his successors, from Turk. Gurkan: “son-in-law”)) was the most significant chapter of the history of the Greater Iran in the post-Mongol era. Following the downfall of the Il-Khanid Mongols [...]