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Timur (Tamerlane)

Conqueror · Timurid · 14th–15th c.

Founder of the Timurid Empire (1336–1405). Claiming succession from Genghis Khan, he conquered Central Asia, Persia, India, and Anatolia. The sack of Delhi and the Battle of Ankara defeating Bayezid I were his peak achievements. His capital Samarkand became a centre of Islamic cultural splendour. Like Genghis, his empire fragmented almost immediately after his death — conquest without institutional durability.