Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)

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Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) is an honorific epithet signifying a divinely favored, world-conquering ruler, famously adopted by the Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur to legitimize his imperial authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic royal title
Persian-language title
honorific epithet
appearsIn Persian panegyric literature
Timurid court chronicles
associatedWith astrological auspiciousness
cosmic conjunction of planets
imperial legitimacy
componentMeaning Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting
Sahib means lord or master
connotation cosmic kingship
divine favor
universal sovereignty
denotes divinely favored ruler
world-conquering ruler
hasComponent Qiran
Sahib
hasLanguageOfOrigin Persian
hasMeaning Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction
Lord of the Fortunate Conjunction
notableBearer Timur
Timur the Lame
linked to: Timur
regionOfProminentUse Central Asia
Iran
Transoxiana
relatedConcept universal ruler
world conqueror
relatedTitle Padishah
Sultan
scriptForm صاحبِ قِران
semanticField astrology
divine favor
kingship
timePeriodOfProminentUse 15th century
late 14th century
titleType messianic-imperial epithet
transliterationVariant Sahib al-Qiran
linked to: Sahib-i Qiran

Sahib-i Qiran
usedBy Timur
usedFor legitimizing Timurid imperial authority
usedInCulture Islamic world
Persianate societies
linked to: Persianate world

Turco-Mongol polities
linked to: Turco-Mongol
usedInDynasty Timurid dynasty
usedInReligion Islam

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Timur usedTitle Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)
Sahib-Qiran componentMeaning Qiran refers to conjunction or meeting
linked to: Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction)