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Timurid Ruler Shahrukh Mirza dies

On this day, March 13, 1447, Timurid ruler of Persia and Transoxania, Shahrukh Mirza died in Rayy, Timurid Empire and buried in Gur-e-Amir, Samarkand, Uzbekistan. His father, the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynasty, was the Timurid emperor of the eastern part of the empire. Timur's fourth and youngest son, Shahru…