Born into the Turkicized Mongol confederation of the Barlas in Transoxiana (in modern-day Uzbekistan) in the 1320s, Timur gained control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370.

Feb 20, 2025 · 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.

Timur, a Turco-Mongol from Transoxiana (now Uzbekistan), had built an empire in Central Asia over the years, and became the most powerful ruler in Central Asia since Genghis Khan. [15] He sought to rebuild the once great Mongol Empire. [16]

Apr 8, 2022 · Born in the early 14th century in the Chaghatayid Khanate, Tamerlane, also known as Timur the Lame or Tamerlane the Conqueror, is best remembered for rising from an obscure sheep bandit to one of the greatest conquerors the world has ever seen. He was the first ruler and founder of the Timurid dynasty, which was founded in 1370.

After capturing the city, Timur executed Khabul Shah, the Husayn's puppet Khan of Western Chagatai and installed Suurgatmish on the throne of Khan as his puppet. This made Timur the main power in Mawarannahr and Western Chagatai Khanate with supremacy over Central Asia.

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.

Timur placed much of his early legitimacy on his genealogical roots to the great Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. What is known is that he was descended from the Mongol invaders who initially pushed westwards after the establishment of the Mongol Empire.

As a military leader of Turkic troops in Chagatai, Timur gained experience and became a more adept leader when he trained with the armies of the khans. Eventually he was placed at the head of a force of 1,000 horsemen, leading on an invasion of Khorasan, which he ultimately conquered.

Timur believed that he was the successor of Genghis Khan, even though he was a pious Muslim. He fought against other Khans in Central Asia, and he eventually conquered all of Central Asia. He next intervened in the Mongol Empire of the Golden Horde in support of an ally.

Jul 5, 2018 · Remembered for his gruesome military campaigns in which tens of millions of people may have been slaughtered, the great warrior Tamerlane — otherwise known as Timur — possessed a vast territory, stretching from Delhi to the Mediterranean.