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Was Ulugh Beg able to hold the Timurids empire together for long?

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After his succession (ruled 1447-49) to the throne the Timurid empire fell into anarchy; the Turkmen horde known as the White Sheep conquered much territory, while the Uzbeks looted Samarkand.

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