| Saray Mulk | |||||
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 This photograph of the Bibi Khanum mausoleum in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) is from the archaeological part of Turkestan Album. | |||||
| Empress consort of the Timurid Empire | |||||
| Tenure | c. 1370 – 1405 | ||||
| Born | c. 1341 | ||||
| Died | c. 1408 (aged 66–67) Samarkand, Timurid Empire | ||||
| Spouse | Amir Husayn of Balkh Timur | ||||
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| House | Borjigin (by birth) Barlas Timurid (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur | ||||
| Mother | Burla-khatun | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Saray Mulk Khanum (Chagatai and Persian: سرای ملک خانم; c. 1341 – 1408) was the empress consort of the Timurid Empire as the chief consort of Timur, also known as Tamerlane the Great, the founder of the Timurid Empire as well as the Timurid dynasty.[1][2][3]
By birth, she was a princess of Moghulistan as a daughter of Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur and was also a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.[4]
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