Gurkani or Gurkaniya may refer to:The Timurid dynasty or Timurids, the ruling family of the Timurid Empire and the Mughal Empire, who called themselves Gurkani or Gurkaniya. "Gurkani" means "son-in-law". The nomenclature "Mughal Empire" is of English origin and not the name by which the empire was known as then. The Timurid Empire, which referred to itself as the Gurkaniya or Gurkani. The Mughal Empire, the Indian successor state to the Timurid Empire, which also referred to itself as the Saltanat e Gurkaniya or Saltanat e Mughaliya. Gurkani, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran Gur-e-Amir, the grave and mausoleum of Timur, who founded the Saltanat e Gurkaniya or Timurid Empire