Tamerlane (1336-1405) was a celebrated Turko-Mongol conqueror whose victories, characterized by acts of inhuman cruelty, made him the master of the greater part of western Asia. His vast empire disintegrated at his death. Tamerlane or Timur (Tamerlane...

(1336–1405), emperor of the Mongol empire. Born in what is now Uzbekistan, Timur, known as Temur-i-Lenk ("Timur the Lame," or in English, Tamerlane) because his right arm and leg were paralyzed from arrow wounds, was the last of...

Timur (Chagatai language: تیمور - Tēmōr, "iron") (1336 – 19 February 1405), among his other names[1], commonly called Tamerlane[2], was a 14th century Turco-Mongol[3] conqueror of much of western and Central Asia, and founder of the Timurid...

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