Timur | Biography, Conquest, Warrior, Empire & Death
Timur, better known as Tamerlan (born on April 9, 1336, in Kech, near Shakhrisabz, in present-day Uzbekistan, and died on February 18, 1405, in Otrar) was a Turkish-Mongolian warrior, who was conquered a large part of central and western Asia and founded the Timurid Empire in 1370 which existed until 1507.In just over two decades, this Muslim nobleman of Turkish and Mongolian origin conquered 8 million square kilometers of Eurasia. Between 1382 to 1405 its great armies crossed the Eurasian continent from Delhi to Moscow, from the Tian Shan mountain range of Central Asia to the Taurus mountains of Anatolia, conquering and reconquering, devastating some cities and forgiving others.His fame spread throughout Europe, where for centuries he was a fictional and horror figure. For some pe...