Through his father, Timur claimed to be a descendant of Tumbinai Khan, a male-line ancestor he shared with Genghis Khan. Tumanay's … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

By about 1360, Timur had gained prominence as a military leader whose troops were mostly Turkic tribesmen of the region. He … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

In this period, Timur reduced the Chagatai khans to the position of figureheads while he ruled in their name. Also during this period, Timur and his brother-in-law Amir Husayn, … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

Timur spent the next 35 years in various wars and expeditions. He not only consolidated his rule at home by the subjugation of his foes, but sought extension of territory by encroachments upon the lands of foreign potentates. His conquests … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

Timur was born in Transoxiana near the city of Kesh (modern Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan), some 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Samarkand, part of what was then the ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

Timur's Turco-Mongolian heritage provided opportunities and challenges as he sought to rule the Mongol Empire and the Muslim … ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ

After the death of Abu Sa'id, ruler of the Ilkhanate, in 1335, there was a power vacuum in Persia. In the end, Persia was split amongst the Muzaffarids, Kartids, Eretnids ଅଧିକ ଦେଖନ୍ତୁ