Iran (Timurid Empire)

1454: The Timurid political tradition is human-led. Timur was a human conqueror, not an orc or hobgoblin. Red Fang orc chiefs and clan-hosts fought within parts of his wider coalition, but they remained distinct peoples and military powers rather than the species or sovereign identity of the Timurid dynasty.

Coat of arms/Flag of the Timurid Empire
Capital City- Herat
Languages –
Religion(s) –
Government – Monarchy emirate
Legislature –
Current Ruler – Abu Sa’id Mirza
Other Notable residents –

Timurid rulers inherit a fractured human imperial tradition rather than a hobgoblin empire. Their courts compete for cities, roads, tax districts and military households while neighbouring orc successor powers pursue their own claims.

The Khwarazmian world was broken during the age of the Great Muster and the wider steppe conquests. Bukhara, Samarkand and other cities of Transoxiana endured destruction, massacre, rebuilding and repeated changes of ruler. Orc hosts were major actors in that upheaval, but they were not the same people or political system as the later human Timurid dynasty.

Iran endured heavy taxation, regional rivalry and civil war after earlier steppe conquests. Timur then conquered Iran and beyond as a human warlord leading a broad coalition. Selected Red Fang orc chiefs fought within that coalition, but their participation did not make Timur, his dynasty or the Timurid state orcish or hobgoblin.

Timur’s huge empire quickly disintegrated after his death, but his descendants have held on to eastern Iran. The long reign of Timur’s son, Shah Rokh, has seen Herat, his capital, become a brilliant centre of warfare engineering.

Tabriz (Capital City)