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Timur   /tˈɪmər/   Listen
Timur

noun
1.
Mongolian ruler of Samarkand who led his nomadic hordes to conquer an area from Turkey to Mongolia (1336-1405).  Synonyms: Tamburlaine, Tamerlane, Timur Lenk.





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"Timur" Quotes from Famous Books



... exclaimed: 'Here are your relations coming!' From the days of Alexander the Great the Siah-posh Kafirs have never been conquered, and they have never embraced Islam. They successfully resisted the attacks of Mahmud of Ghazni, and the campaign which Timur undertook against them in 1398 was equally unsuccessful. But the Muslim rulers of Kabul continued to make inroads into the Siah-posh country down to the time of Baber and afterwards. Our only knowledge of this interesting ...
— Memoir of William Watts McNair • J. E. Howard


Words linked to "Timur" :   ruler, swayer, Tamerlane


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