Tamerlane (Timur)
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Tamerlane (Timur) 🇺🇿

تیمور لنگ (Timūr Gurkānī)
["Amir of the Timurid Empire", "Sword of Islam", "Conqueror of Central Asia"]
Born Apr 09, 1336 🇺🇿 Kesh (Shahrisabz), Chagatai Khanate
Passed Away Feb 18, 1405 Farab (Otrar), Timurid Empire
Lifespan 68 years old
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Archival Overview

Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire who never lost a battle across forty years of campaigns from Delhi to the Mediterranean, transforming Samarkand into a Renaissance jewel.

Biographical Record

Born to a Barlas clan chieftain, Timur the Lame (1336–1405) was wounded in the leg and hand while raiding sheep as a youth. Through ferocious military genius, he united the western Chagatai Khanate, styled himself 'Amir', and married a Genghisid princess to claim the title 'Gurgani' (Son-in-Law).

Timur routed the Golden Horde under Tokhtamysh, sacked Delhi in 1398, defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in Syria, and captured Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I at the Battle of Ankara in 1402. He deported tens of thousands of master architects and craftsmen to build the turquoise-domed mosques and madrasas of Samarkand.

Key Life Milestones

1398

Sack of Delhi

Defeated the Delhi Sultanate's armored war elephants using burning camels carrying straw.

1402

Battle of Ankara

Decisively defeated and captured Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, halting Ottoman expansion into Europe for decades.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
GPS: 39.6483, 66.9689
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