Timur

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Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Timur canonical 75
Tamerlane 15
Amir Timur 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turco-Mongol ⓘ
conqueror ⓘ
emperor ⓘ
founder of state ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Timur ⓘ
surface form: Tamerlane

Timur ⓘ
surface form: Timur the Lame
birthDate 1336-04-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Chagatai Khanate ⓘ
Kesh ⓘ
Transoxiana ⓘ
near Samarkand ⓘ
birthYear 1336 ⓘ
burialPlace Gur-e-Amir ⓘ
Samarkand ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Samarkand ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness during campaign against Ming China ⓘ
child Jahangir Mirza ⓘ
Miranshah ⓘ
Shahrukh Mirza ⓘ
Umar Shaikh Mirza I ⓘ
claimedTitle Amir ⓘ
Gurkani ⓘ
Sword of Islam ⓘ
deathDate 1405-02-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Otrar ⓘ
near Shymkent ⓘ
present-day Kazakhstan ⓘ
deathYear 1405 ⓘ
defeated Bayezid I ⓘ
Delhi Sultanate ⓘ
Tokhtamysh ⓘ
era 14th century ⓘ
early 15th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Turco-Mongol ⓘ
founded Timurid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Timurid Empire

Timurid dynasty ⓘ
grandchild Babur ⓘ
surface form: Babur (through Timurid line as ancestor)

Ulugh Beg ⓘ
historicalReputation one of history’s most formidable military leaders ⓘ
influenced Timurid miniature painting ⓘ
surface form: Timurid Renaissance in arts and science
knownFor brutal massacres ⓘ
large-scale conquests ⓘ
military strategy ⓘ
patronage of arts and architecture ⓘ
languageOfCourt Chagatai Turkic ⓘ
legacy precursor of Mughal Empire through Babur ⓘ
legitimizedRuleBy marriage into Genghisid line ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Ankara ⓘ
Battle of Delhi (1398 sack of Delhi) ⓘ
Battle of the Terek River ⓘ
campaign against Tokhtamysh ⓘ
patronage Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Samarkand architecture ⓘ
plannedCampaignAgainst Ming dynasty ⓘ
predecessorState Chagatai Khanate ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
ruledRegion Central Asia ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
parts of Anatolia ⓘ
parts of the Caucasus ⓘ
parts of the Golden Horde territories ⓘ
parts of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
spouse Saray Mulk Khanum ⓘ
Saray Mulk Khanum ⓘ
surface form: Tukal Khanum
usedTitle Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (98)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Babur → paternalAncestor → Timur ⓘ
Bayezid I → opponent → Timur ⓘ
Bayezid I → capturedBy → Timur ⓘ
Turandot → character → Timur ⓘ
Timur → alsoKnownAs → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamerlane
Timur → alsoKnownAs → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Timur the Lame
Samarkand → conqueredBy → Timur ⓘ
Samarkand → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ
Shahrukh Mirza → father → Timur ⓘ
Shahrukh Mirza → ruledAfter → Timur ⓘ
Timurid miniature painting → patron → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Timur (Tamerlane)
Shahrisabz → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ
Shahrisabz → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamerlane
Shahrisabz → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ
After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 → titleReferences → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamerlane
Timurid invasions of Georgia → hasCommander → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamerlane
Tamburlaine → basedOn → Timur ⓘ
Tamburlaine → historicalModel → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Timur (Tamerlane)
Sarbadars → opposedBy → Timur ⓘ
Muzaffarids → overthrownBy → Timur ⓘ
Kesh → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ
Kesh → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamerlane
Kesh → governedBy → Timur ⓘ
Gur-e-Amir → dedicatedTo → Timur ⓘ
Gur-e-Amir → burialPlaceOf → Timur ⓘ
Gur-e-Amir → burialPlaceOf → Timur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamerlane
Gur-e-Amir → builder → Timur ⓘ
Gurkani → usedBy → Timur ⓘ
Gurkani → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ
Sword of Islam → refersTo → Timur ⓘ