What did the Mughals call their empire?

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Tufto

"Gurkani" or "Gurkaniyan", which means "son-in-law". A reference to the fact that Timur married a Chinggisid, which meant he was a "son-in-law" of sorts of Genghis Khan; legitimacy from the Chinggisid line was important in Central Asia when Timur and his descendants ruled there.