Timur: References & Edit History
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A scholarly study of the evidence relating to Timur’s life is in V.V. Bartold, Four Studies on the History of Central Asia, 2 vol. (1956–58). Based substantially on this work is the account of his life given in Hilda Hookham, Tamburlaine, the Conqueror (1962), which also contains the fullest available bibliography of works in English.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: Association for Asian Studies - Amir Timur: Paragon of Medieval Statecraft or Central Asian Psychopath? | Oct 11, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Timur: The Brutal Conqueror of Central Asia. | Jul 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 15, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UNESCO - Silk Roads Programme - Central Asia Under Timur from 1370 to the Early Fifteenth Century (PDF). | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks - World History: Cultures, States, and Societies to 1500 - Timur. | Feb 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Timur in the Political Tradition and Historiography of Mughal India. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Association for Asian Studies - Amir Timur: Paragon of Medieval Statecraft or Central Asian Psychopath? | Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Timur [Tamerlane] [1]. | Jun 20, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Artists on War: War in Miniature. | Mar 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Tamerlane. | Sep 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Turco-Mongol Emir Timur: Scourge of the East. | Jun 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The silkroad foundation - Tamerlane (1336 - 1405) - The Last Great Nomad Power. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Timurs entry into Samarkand, page from the Zafarnama. | Apr 04, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History of Islam - Timur of Samarqand. | Jan 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Timur. | Oct 25, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 05, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Medieval Life and Times - Biography of Tamerlane. | Mar 14, 2018 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Silkroad Foundation - Biography of Tamerlane. | Sep 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: NHD 100 Leaders in World History - Biography of Timur. | Sep 14, 2016 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 16, 2014 | ||
| Changed "the Crimea" to "Crimea." | Apr 16, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 13, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | May 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: History World - Timur or Tamburlaine. | Mar 30, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Oxus Communications - Timurid Architecture in Samarkand. | Jan 05, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Timur. | Oct 21, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jul 22, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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