アミール・ティムール・キュレゲン : ティムール家の系譜とティムールの立場

Abstract

An exanimation of the problems of the Timurid genealogy on the basis of the available sources from the Mongol period and from the hands of Timur's contemporaries suggests the following conclusions. First, the genealogy of the Timurid line is probably authentic. However, what mattered to Timur himself was not this genealogical record but rather his position--which he won by his abilities--as a son-in-law (kuragan) of the khan's family and his status as amir or beg. But for the Timurid princes, descendents of Timur, the situation was quite different. What they needed was not a veritable account of their ancestor, who spent much of his existence as a bandit； they wanted stories full of splendor and glory dealing with their ancestors. Therefore the Timurid genealogy, which had never been an issue for Timur himself, became for his descendents a web of traditions centering around a fictional Oath ；retrieved from the dust, it remains in the sources embellished with the additions of court historians.