Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Timur: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Also Known As Timurlenk • Tamerlane • Timour • Tamburlaine • Timur Lenk
Born 1336 • Uzbekistan
Died February 19, 1405 (aged 69) • Shymkent • Kazakhstan
House / Dynasty Timurid dynasty
Notable Family Members son Shāh Rokh
Role In Battle of Aleppo • Battle of Ankara

Photos

Timur
Gur-e Amir
The mausoleum of Timur in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, features a large blue-tiled dome and ornate entrance with geometric patterns, with a tree partially shading the foreground.
See All Images →

Related Topics and References

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic
Bayezid I
Bayezid I
Ottoman sultan
default image
Maḥmūd
king of Ghazna
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Portrait painting of Frederick II of Brandenburg, King of Prussia, wearing a dark coat with a star medal, yellow gloves, and holding a cane, with the inscription Fridericus II Rex Prussiae.
Frederick II
king of Prussia
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Oil painting of Peter the Great, emperor of Russia, shown from the waist up wearing armor and a sash, with one hand resting on a cane, against a dark background.
Peter I
emperor of Russia
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongolian warrior-ruler
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
default image
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Alexander II
Alexander II
emperor of Russia
Akbar Hunting
Akbar
Mughal emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Map showing the extent of the Ancient Egyptian Empire during the New Kingdom period of Thutmose III, highlighted in orange, covering Egypt, the Nile River valley, Sinai, and stretching northeast through Palestine, Phoenicia, and Syria. The map also marks the Fertile Crescent and neighboring regions such as Assyria and Babylonia in pink, with key cities and geographic features labeled.
Thutmose III
king of Egypt
default image
Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal
king of Assyria
Hammurabi, limestone relief; in the British Museum
Hammurabi
king of Babylonia
default image
Muḥammad I Askia
Songhai ruler
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king