Timur, [b] also known as Tamerlane[c] (1320s – 17–18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and …

Feb 20, 2025 · Timur was the last Central Asian conqueror to achieve great military successes as a leader of nomad warrior lords, ruling both agricultural and pastoral peoples on an imperial …

The Timurid Empire was a late medieval, culturally Persianate, [7] Turco-Mongol empire [8] [9] that dominated Greater Iran in the early 15th century, comprising modern-day Iran, Iraq, …

Timur gained power over the Western Chagatai Khanate (Transoxiana) after defeating Amir Husayn, the regent of the Chagatai Khanate, at the Battle of Balkh but the laws laid down by …

Jul 21, 2019 · Known For: Founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405), ruled from Russia to India, and from the Mediterranean Sea to Mongolia. Birth: April 8, 1336 in Kesh, Transoxiana …

Apr 8, 2022 · The Timurid Empire that Timur founded spanned Western, South and Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Southern Russia. Timur defeated Khans of the Golden Horde, the …

Timur, later Timūr Gurkānī, also known as Amir Timur or Tamerlane ("Timur the Lame"), was a Turco-Mongol Persianate warlord and the founder and the first monarch of the Timurid …

Jul 28, 2023 · Amir Temur, widely known as Tamerlane, was a remarkable figure of the 14th-century world, renowned for his military prowess and strategic genius. This scientific article …

Apr 19, 2024 · At his death in 1405, he was poised to invade the Ming Empire in China, the only part of the formerly Mongol dominions that he had not attacked. Timur’s mixed reputation …

Amir Timur is a military leader and ruler who has played an important role in the history of Central, South and West Asia as well as the Caucasus, the Volga and Russia. The commander, the …