This video is a brief history on Timur’s favorite wife, Saray Mulk Khanam. It isn’t in English, but there is a translation in the description. She was a direct descendent of Chingiz Khan through Chagetai Khan, as she was the daughter of the last khan of the Chagetai Khanate. The last name “Khanum” means daughter of a Khan. Timur used this as a way of legitimizing his rule and his goal of “Chingizid Restoration.” She wielded great influence in the empire and commissioned several madrasas and mosques. While there are legends of the Bibi Khanym Mosque, which we looked at in class, being commissioned for Timur’s youngest wife, it was actually commissioned and built for Saray.