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.

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AI-generated illustration of Timur

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Timur (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 (6)

Label Occurrences
Timur canonical 99
Tamerlane 20
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 Tamerlane ⓘ
linked to: Timur

Timur the Lame ⓘ
linked to: Timur
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 Empire ⓘ
linked to: Timurid dynasty

Timurid dynasty ⓘ
grandchild Babur (through Timurid line as ancestor) ⓘ
linked to: Babur

Ulugh Beg ⓘ
historicalReputation one of history’s most formidable military leaders ⓘ
influenced 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 ⓘ
Tukal Khanum ⓘ
linked to: Saray Mulk Khanum
usedTitle Sahib-Qiran (Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) ⓘ

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Referenced by (129)

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 → Tamerlane ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Timur → alsoKnownAs → Timur the Lame ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Samarkand → conqueredBy → Timur ⓘ
Samarkand → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ
Shahrukh Mirza → father → Timur ⓘ
Shahrukh Mirza → ruledAfter → Timur ⓘ
Timurid miniature painting → patron → Timur (Tamerlane) ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Shahrisabz → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ
Shahrisabz → birthplaceOf → Tamerlane ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Shahrisabz → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ
Timurid invasions of Georgia → hasCommander → Tamerlane ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Tamburlaine → basedOn → Timur ⓘ
Tamburlaine → historicalModel → Timur (Tamerlane) ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Sarbadars → opposedBy → Timur ⓘ
Muzaffarids → overthrownBy → Timur ⓘ
Kesh → birthplaceOf → Timur ⓘ
Kesh → birthplaceOf → Tamerlane ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Kesh → governedBy → Timur ⓘ
Gur-e-Amir → dedicatedTo → Timur ⓘ
Gur-e-Amir → burialPlaceOf → Timur ⓘ
Gur-e-Amir → burialPlaceOf → Tamerlane ⓘ
linked to: Timur
Gur-e-Amir → builder → Timur ⓘ
Gurkani → usedBy → Timur ⓘ
Gurkani → associatedWith → Timur ⓘ
Sword of Islam → refersTo → Timur ⓘ