The Mughal Empire was ruled by Genghis Khan's son's hereditary successors.
The Mughal emperors were Central Asian Turco-Mongols belonging to the Timurid dynasty , who claimed direct descent from both Genghis Khan -LRB- founder of the Mongol Empire , through his son Chagatai Khan -RRB- and Timur -LRB- Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire -RRB-.
The Chagatai Khanate -LRB- Mongolian : Tsagadaina Khaanat Ulus / Цагаадайн Хаант Улс -RRB- was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that comprised the lands ruled by Chagatai Khan , second son of Genghis Khan , and his descendants and successors.
