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Timur, also known as Tamerlane (8 April 1336 – 17–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians ...
Timur, also called Timur the Lame and Tamerlane, Turkic conqueror, chiefly remembered for the barbarity of his conquests from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea and for the cultural achievements of his dynasty.
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- Timur was the last Central Asian conqueror to achieve great military successes as a leader of nomad warrior lords, ruling both agricultural and pas...
- Timur was a member of the Turkicized Barlas tribe, a Mongol subgroup that had settled in Transoxania (now roughly corresponding to Uzbekistan) afte...
- Timur led a small nomad band and, by guile and force of arms, established dominion over Transoxania by the 1360s. About 1370 Timur proclaimed himse...
- Timur spent his life leading a nearly constant military campaign. The nomadic tactics of mobility and surprise were his major weapons of attack. He...
- Under Timur and his successors, Samarkand became a centre of scholarship and science. His mausoleum there, the Gūr-e Amīr, is one of the gems of Is...
Tamerlane (April 8, 1336–February 18, 1405) was the ferocious and terrifying founder of the Timurid empire of Central Asia, eventually ruling much of Europe and Asia. Throughout history, few names have inspired such terror as his.
Timur ( Emir Timur) or Tamerbeg (9 April 1336 – 17 February 1405) was a Turco-Uzbek conqueror in the 14th century who is regarded as one of history's greatest military leaders and strategists. He founded the Timurid Empire in 1370.
The poem follows the life of a Turco-Mongol conqueror historically known as Tamerlane. The name is a Latinized version of "Timur Lenk", the 14th-century warlord who founded the Timurid Empire, though the poem is not a historical depiction of his life.
Sep 21, 2021 · Timur (1336-1405), also known as Tamerlane, was a Turkic Conqueror who ravaged over much of Western Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. He was one the last of the great conquerors to have emerged out of Central Asia.
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Timur , or Tamerlane or Tamburlaine, (born 1336, Kesh, near Samarkand, Transoxania—died Feb. 19, 1405, Otrar, near Chimkent), Turkic conqueror of Islamic faith whose conquests reached from India and Russia to the Mediterranean Sea.
