Amir Taraghai

Taraghai (c. 1290–1360) was a minor emir of the Turkified Mongol Barlas confederation in Transoxiana, serving the khans of the Chagatai Khanate around Kish. Unlike his militarised kinsmen he lived as a pious Muslim drawn to Sufism and the Naqshbandi order.

By his wife Tekina Khatun, held by Timurid tradition to descend from Genghis Khan, he fathered several children, including Timur, born near Kish in 1336. He died on 12 March 1360, and the Zafarnama records Timur returning home to settle his estate.