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    Timur was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in the late 14th century, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. As a skilled military leader, he conquered much of Western, South and Central Asia, the Caucasus, and southern Russia. Though not descended from Genghis Khan, Timur sought to emulate the legacy of the Mongol Empire and saw himself as the heir to Genghis Khan's conquests. Timur was the last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe, and his empire helped pave the way for the rise of later Islamic gunpowder empires.

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    Timur was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in the late 14th century, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. As a skilled military leader, he conquered much of Western, South and Central Asia, the Caucasus, and southern Russia. Though not descended from Genghis Khan, Timur sought to emulate the legacy of the Mongol Empire and saw himself as the heir to Genghis Khan's conquests. Timur was the last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe, and his empire helped pave the way for the rise of later Islamic gunpowder empires.

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    Timur[5] (Chagatay: ‫ تيمور‬Temür "Iron"; 9 April 1336 – 17–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī (Chagatay:

    ‫ تيمور کورگن‬Temür Küregen),[6] sometimes spelled Taimur and historically best known as Amir Timur or
    Tamerlane[7] (Persian: ‫ تيمور لنگ‬Temūr(-i) Lang; Chagatay: ‫ اقساق تیمور‬Aqsaq Temür,[8] "Timur the Lame"), was
    a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran
    and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. As an undefeated commander, he is widely
    regarded as one of the greatest military leaders and tacticians in history.[9][10] Timur is also considered a great
    patron of art and architecture, as he interacted with intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun and Hafiz-i Abru and his
    reign introduced the Timurid Renaissance.[9]:341–2

    Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana (in modern-day Uzbekistan) on 9 April 1336, Timur gained
    control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370. From that base, he led military campaigns across Western,
    South and Central Asia, the Caucasus and southern Russia, and emerged as the most powerful ruler in the
    Muslim world after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the emerging Ottoman Empire, and the
    declining Delhi Sultanate of India.[11] From these conquests, he founded the Timurid Empire, but this empire
    fragmented shortly after his death.

    Timur was the last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe, and his empire set the stage for
    the rise of the more structured and lasting Islamic gunpowder empires in the 16th and 17th centuries.[12][13]:1
    Though not a Borjigid or a descendant of Genghis Khan,[14] Timur clearly sought to invoke the legacy of the
    latter's conquests during his lifetime. [15] Timur envisioned the restoration of the Mongol Empire of Genghis
    Khan (died 1227) and according to Gérard Chaliand, saw himself as Genghis Khan's heir.[16]

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