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The Timuri or Taimuri were once the largest and most powerful of Aimaqs. They are descendant of [[Timurid dynasty|Timur]] and [[Mughal empire]]. Today they live in [[Afghanistan]] and [[Iran]]. In Iran, they live in [[Khorasan Province|Khorasan]] and around [[Mashhad]]. In Afghanistan, their traditional nomadic homeland is [[Badghis Province]], while others are settled in oases near [[Herat]] and [[Shindand]] in western Afghanistan, and near [[Ghazni]] in central Afghanistan. There is also a small group of [[Pashtunization|Pashtunised]] pastoralist Timuri in [[Baghlan Province]] in northeastern Afghanistan.<ref name="ir1">{{cite encyclopedia|title=AYMĀQ|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|quote=The Timuri, once the most powerful of the “lesser” Aymaq, had their original homeland in western Badghis. Besides those still living there or in Khorasan, there are settled Timuri south of Herat and near Shindand, as well as to the north of Ghazni in Shiite Hazara country. A group of Pashtunized nomadic Timuri has its winter quarters near Baghlan in northeastern Afghanistan. Some of the best qualities of “Herat Baluch” carpets are woven by Timuri in Badghis, classified by the name of the respective ṭaefa such as Kawdanī, Šērḵānī, Yaʿqūbḵānī, or Zakanī.|publisher=[[Columbia University]]|location=United States|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aymaq-turk|last=Janata|first=A.|editor=Ehsan Yarshater|editor-link=Ehsan Yarshater|edition=Online}}</ref>