Gurkaniyan

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Emirate of Gurkaniyan
Amart Gurkaniyan (Persian)
Gurkaniyan Amirligi (Uzbek)
Flag of Gurkaniyan
Flag
Coat of arms of Gurkaniyan
Coat of arms
Anthem: Amir Madhiyasi
Capital
and largest city
Samarqand
Official languagesPersian
Uzbek
Ethnic groups
Demonym(s)Gurkani
GovernmentUnitary Islamic assembly-independent constitutional monarchy
• Khan
Manduul Temüjin
• Amir
Muhammad Akbar II
• Khalifa and Chancellor
Rashid Markhayev
LegislatureMajlis ash-Shura
Establishment
• 1992
Established
• 2019
Personal union with the Mongol Uls
Area
• Total
72,000 km2 (28,000 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate
24,659,807
• 2020 census
23,062,113
GDP (nominal)2020 estimate
• Total
$83 billion
• Per capita
$3598.97
CurrencySum (mns) (MNS)
Date formatdd-mm-yy
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Internet TLD.ml

Gurkaniyan, officially the Emirate of Gurkaniyan (Persian: Amart Gurkaniyan; Uzbek: Gurkaniyan Amirligi) and commonly known by the endonym Turan, is a sovereign state in Central Asia, in a personal union with the Mongol Uls. Coming into existence with the fall of the Soviet Union, the Emirate was conceived as a continuation of the ancient Timurid Empire, under the rule of one of Timur's (supposed) descendents, Aurangzeb III. The Emirate is ruled as a constitutional monarchy under Sharia law; legislation, drawing on Sharia, is passed by the Majlis ash-Shura, which also elects the Khalifa (who holds the dual title of Chancellor) for a four-year term.

The Emirate's terrain is mountainous and cold, but far more densely populated than the rest of the Mongol Uls, possessing a negligible percentage of its area but more than 40% of its population. It boasts higher economic markers, including average income and GDP per capita, than the rest of the Khanate, but its human rights record is relatively poor, and political freedoms for women and youth are lacking. It is a member of the Turkic Union, of which it holds the Presidency.

Etymology

"Gurkaniyan" derives from the Persian word for "son-in-law". Originally, Gurkaniyan was the term for the imperial dynasty of the Timurid Empire, referring to Tamerlane's status as the metaphorical "son-in-law" of Chinggis Khan. However, this term later grew to refer to the Empire as a whole.