Pir Muhammad (c. 1374 - 1407) was a grandson and appointed successor of Timur. He was the son of Jahangir son of Timur. Events King Gongmin is assassinated and King U ascends to the Goryeo throne Births Thomas Holland, 1st Duke of Surrey. ... Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ... Reconstruction of Timur from exhumation of his tomb. ...

In 1392 he received the governorship of Qandahar. His territory extended from the lands west of the Hindu Kush to the Indus River. In the fall of 1397 he led the first wave of Timurids into India, and was invested with the rulership of Multan. Events Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye leads a coup détat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon Afyonkarahisar in western Turkey is conquered by Sultan Beyazid I Louis de Valois is created the 1st Duke of Orléans, the second time... For the hamlet in Saskatchewan, Canada; see Kandahar, Saskatchewan. ... The Hindu Kush or Hindukush (هندوکش in Persian) is a mountain range in Afghanistan as well as in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... The Indus (Sindh darya), known as Sindhu to Indians and in Sanskrit, as Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan. ... Events February 10 - John Beaufort becomes Earl of Somerset. ... Multan is a city in Pakistan and capital of Multan District in the Punjab Province. ...

On his deathbed, Timur named Pir Muhammad as his successor. Timur felt that none of his sons were capable of handling the job (Jahangir and 'Umar Shaikh had died, Miran Shah suffered from mental difficulties, and Shah Rukh was judged too pious to rule). Unfortunately for Pir Muhammad, none of his relatives supported him following Timur's death. He was unable to assume command in Samarkand and was murdered by his vizier in 1407. Miran Shah (1366-1408) was a son of Timur, and a Timurid governor during his fathers lifetime. ... Shah Rukh Mirza (also known as Shahrukh or Shah Rokh) (August 30, 1377 - March 12, 1447), was the ruler of the eastern portion of the empire established by Timur (Tamerlane), governing most of Persia and Transoxiana between 1405 and 1447. ... Samarkand (Samarqand or Самарқанд in Uzbek, in Persian سمرقند) (population 400,000) is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan, capital of Samarqand Province. ... Events November 20 - A solemn truce between John, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans is agreed under the auspicies of John, Duke of Berry. ...