Political decline in Transoxiana and Khorasan
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write a table of the division of Transoxiana after 1469 (city — ruler).
Samarkand — Sultan Ahmad; Fergana — Umar Shaykh Mirza; Hisar, Khuttalan, Badakhshan — Sultan Mahmud Mirza.
2
Separate the positive and negative sides of Husayn Boyqara’s reign.
Positive: development, culture, Navoi’s work. Negative: the quarrel with his son, no full peace.
3
Write three causes of the decline of the Timurid realm.
Struggle for the throne; division of the state; weakening of central power.
4
Write your view on: “Could the Timurid state have avoided collapse?”
Answer: perhaps, if the dynasty’s members had united around a single centre.
5
Who were the Aq Qoyunlu? Answer in one sentence.
A Turkmen state that held western Iran; Abu Said died fighting them.