Timur

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Turco-Mongol conqueror emperor founder of state historical figure military leader

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.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tamerlane	3
Timur (Tamerlane)	1
Timur the Lame	1

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) ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Timur → alsoKnownAs → Timur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tamerlane

Timur → alsoKnownAs → Timur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timur the Lame

Umar Sheikh Mirza II → ancestor → Timur ⓘ

Samarkand → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ

Shahrisabz → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ

Turco-Mongol → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ

Shahrisabz → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tamerlane

Bayezid I → capturedBy → Timur ⓘ

Turandot → character → Timur ⓘ

Mughal dynasty → claimedDescentFrom → Timur ⓘ

Samarkand → conqueredBy → Timur ⓘ

Timurid architecture → developedUnderRuler → Timur ⓘ

Shahrukh Mirza → father → Timur ⓘ

Shahrisabz → flourishedUnder → Timur ⓘ

Timur Shah Durrani → givenName → Timur ⓘ

Abu Sa'id Mirza → greatGrandfather → Timur ⓘ

Husayn Bayqara → greatGreatGrandfather → Timur ⓘ

Timurid dynasty → hasFounder → Timur ⓘ

Timurid dynasty → hasNotableMember → Timur ⓘ

Timurid dynasty → namedAfter → Timur ⓘ

Bayezid I → opponent → Timur ⓘ

Babur → paternalAncestor → Timur ⓘ

Timurid miniature painting → patron → Timur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timur (Tamerlane)

Shahrukh Mirza → ruledAfter → Timur ⓘ

After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 → titleReferences → Timur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tamerlane