Timur Timur, also known as Tamerlane (1320s17/18 February 1405), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty. An undefeat ...

was a

14th-century The 14th century lasted from 1 January 1301 (represented by the Roman numerals MCCCI) to 31 December 1400 (MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Euro ...

Southern- Central

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n Turkic-Mongolian ruler and warlord also known as Tamerlane (from ''Timur the Lame'' or the

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

expression of the same meaning, ''Timur-e-Lang'') in the

western world The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and state (polity), states in Western Europe, Northern America, and Australasia; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also const ...

. Taimur or Timur may also refer to:

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Möngke Temür Mongke Temur may refer to: *Mengu-Timur Mengu-Timur ( ) or Möngke Temür (; died 1280) was a son of Toqoqan Khan (himself the son of Batu) and Köchu Khatun of Oirat, the daughter of Toralchi Küregen and granddaughter of Qutuqa Beki. Men ...

, or ''Mengu-Timur'' ( 1280), khan of the Golden Horde * Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol Yuan Dynasty **

Temür Khan Öljeyitü Khan ( Mongolian: Өлзийт; Mongolian script: '; zh, t=完澤篤汗), born Temür ( ; zh , t = 鐵穆耳 ; 15 October 1265 – 10 February 1307), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Chengzong of Yuan ( zh , c = 元成� ...

( 1294–1307), the second ruler of the Yuan dynasty ** Tugh Temür, better known as Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan ( 1328–1332) **

Toghon Temür Toghon Temür (; Mongolian script: ; ; 25 May 1320 – 23 May 1370), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Huizong of Yuan (; ), bestowed by the Northern Yuan, Northern Yuan dynasty, and by his posthumous name as t ...

( 1333–1370) **

Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür Uskhal Khan ( Mongolian: Усхал; Mongolian script: ; ), also called the Last Lord of Northern Yuan () or by his era name the Tianyuan Emperor (), born Tögüs Temür (; 7 March 1342 – 18 November 1388), was an emperor of the Northern Yuan ...

( 1378–1388) ** Yesün Temür ( 1323–1328) **

Öljei Temür Khan Öljei Temür Khan ( ; ), born Bunyashiri (, ), (1379–1412) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1408 to 1412. He was a son of Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan and successor of Gün Temür Khan. He was one of the Borjigin prin ...

, ( 1408–1412) *

Köke Temür Köke Temür (; Mongolian: ᠬᠥᠬᠡᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ, Köketemür, Хөхтөмөр; died 1375), sinicized name Wang Baobao (), was a prominent general of the Yuan dynasty of China. History He was born in Henan province. His paternal line ori ...

(died 1375), Yuan dynasty general *

(1336–1405), the Central Asian ruler mentioned above, also known as ''Tamerlane'' *

Timur II Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar or Nekusiyar or Neku Siyar, also known as Timur II, was a claimant to the Mughal throne. Neku Siyar was born in 1679, the son of Mughal prince Muhammad Akbar, and a grandson of emperor Aurangzeb. He was brought up in ...

, real name Neku Siyar (1679–1723), claimant to the Mughal throne * Bayan Temür (

Gongmin Gongmin (; 23 May 1330 – 27 October 1374), also known by his Mongolian name, Bayan Temür, was 31st ruler of Goryeo from 1351 to 1374. He was the second son of King Chungsuk. Biography Early life Goryeo had been a semi-autonomous vassal s ...

, 1330–1374), ruler of Goryeo *

Khan Temir Khan Temir (before 1594 to 1637) was a steppe warlord and raider. He ruled the Budjak Horde in what is now the southwestern corner of Ukraine (Budjak) along the Romanian border. Budjak is the southwesternmost corner of the Eurasian Steppe. He raid ...

( 1637), Budjak Nogais ruler *

Timur Shah Durrani Timur Shah Durrani (; ;), also known as Timur Shah Abdali or Taimur Shah Abdali (December 1746 – 20 May 1793) was the second ruler of the Afghan Durrani Empire, from November 1772 until his death in 1793. An ethnic Pashtun, he was the second e ...

(1748–1793), Afghan ruler

Modern

Anwara Taimur Syeda Anwara Taimur (24 November 1936 – 28 September 2020) was an Indian politician, who was the chief minister of the Indian state of Assam from 6 December 1980 to 30 June 1981. She died in Australia on 28 September 2020. She was a leader of ...

(1936–2020), Indian politician, chief minister of Assam *

Nawab Muhammad Taimur Talpur Nawab Muhammad Taimur Talpur is a Pakistani politician and stalwart member of the Pakistan People's Party. He is the son of the senior politician (late) Nawab Yousuf Talpur and is currently a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, elected ...

, Pakistani politician *

Taimur Khan Jhagra Taimur Saleem Khan Jhagra (born 9 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for Finance and Health, in office since 29 August 2018 till 18 January 2023. He had been a member of the Provincial A ...

, Pakistani politician *

Taimur Hussain Taimur Hussain (born 2 February 1974) is a Pakistani professional golfer. In 1998 he became the first Pakistani to win on the Asian Tour The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours, tour in Asia except for ...

, a Pakistani professional golfer *

Taimur Ali Taimur Ali (born 1 June 1991) is a Pakistani cricketer who played for Balochistan cricket team Balochistan cricket team was a domestic cricket team in Pakistan representing Balochistan province. It competed in domestic first-class, List A and ...

, a Pakistani First-class cricketer *

Taimur Sultan (cricketer) Taimoor Sultan (born 4 December 1994) is a Pakistani cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitc ...

, a Pakistani first-class cricketer *

Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1991) Taimur Khan (born 25 January 1991) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who played for Quetta cricket team. In September 2019, he was named in Balochistan Balochistan ( ; , ), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical reg ...

, a Pakistani First-class cricketer *

Taimur Khan (cricketer, born 1975) Mohammad Taimur Khan (born 1 May 1975 in Peshawar, Pakistan) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler. To date, he has played 90 first-class and 76 List A matches for various teams in Pakistan. Whilst ...

, a Pakistani First-class cricketer *

Danish Taimoor Danish Taimoor (; born 16 February 1983) is a Pakistani actor, producer, host and former fashion model. Beginning his acting career in 2005, Taimoor is known for his roles portraying a form of toxic masculinity in Urdu television series, es ...

, a Pakistani actor *

Taimur Rahman Taimur Rahman (Urdu/; born 27 May 1975) is a Pakistani political activist and musician who is serving as the Secretary-General of the Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP), formerly Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP). He is also the lead guitarist and ...

, a Pakistani singer *

Taimur bin Feisal Sultan Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki Al Said (; 1886 – 28 January 1965) was the Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 5 October 1913 to 10 February 1932. Early life Taimur was born in 1886 to Sultan Faisal bin Turki Al Said and his first wife, Sayyi ...

, 12th Sultan of Oman *

Said bin Taimur Said bin Taimur (; 13 August 1910 – 19 October 1972) was the 13th Sultan of Muscat and Oman from 10 February 1932 until he was deposed on 23 July 1970 by his son Qaboos bin Said. He was a member of the Al Bu Said dynasty who in 1932 became ...

, 13th Sultan of Oman *

Temur Babluani Temur Babluani ( ka, თემურ ბაბლუანი) (born 20 March 1948) is a Georgian film director, script writer, and actor. Biography Bebluani was born in the mountainous Svanetian village of Chaguri in the Georgian SSR. He grad ...

(born 1948), Georgian film director *

Teymur Bakhtiar Teymur Bakhtiar (; 1914 – 12 August 1970) was an Iranian military officer and intelligence chief who was the founder and head of SAVAK from 1956 to 1961 when he was dismissed by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In 1970, he was assassinated by SAVAK agen ...

(1914–1970), Iranian army officer *

Timur Beg Timur Beg (), also known as Timur Sijan (division general), was a Uighur rebel military leader in Xinjiang in 1933. He was involved in the 1933 Battle of Kashgar and participated before in Turpan Rebellion (1932). He associated with the Turkic ...

(1886–1933), Uyghur rebel leader *

Timur Bekmambetov Timur Nuruakhitovich Bekmambetov (, ; ; born 25 June 1961) is a Kazakh-born Russian film director, producer, screenwriter, and tech entrepreneur. He is best known for the fantasy epic '' Night Watch'' (2004) and the action thriller '' Wanted' ...

(born 1961), Kazakh film and advertisement director *

Timur Dibirov Timur Magomedovich Dibirov (; born 30 July 1983) is a Russian former handball player. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where the Russian team placed sixth. Besides the Russian, Dibirov also holds Macedonian citizenship. Dib ...

(born 1983), Russian handball player * Timur Dzhabrailov (born 1973), Russian footballer * Timur Faizutdinov (2001–2021), Russian ice hockey defenseman *

Timur Gareev Timur Gareyev (sometimes spelled ''Gareev''; born March 3, 1988) is an Uzbekistani and American chess grandmaster. Biography He was born in Tashkent to Tatar parents. Gareyev was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's chess team, whe ...

(born 1988), Uzbekistani chess player *

Timur Ibragimov Timur Ibragimov (Тимур Ибрагимов; born January 15, 1975) is an Uzbekistani former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. As an amateur boxer, he competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Early life Ibragimov is from Uzbeki ...

(born 1975), Uzbekistani boxer *

Temur Iakobashvili Temur Yakobashvili ( ka, თემურ იაკობაშვილი, also transliterated as Temur Iakobashvili) (born 3 September 1967) is a Georgian political scientist, diplomat, and politician, serving as State Minister for Reintegrati ...

(born 1967), Georgian politician and diplomat * Temur Juraev (born 1984), Uzbekistani football player *

Teimour Radjabov Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; , ; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster. A former child prodigy, he earned the title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster in March 2001 at age 14, ...

(born 1987), Azerbaijani Chess Grandmaster * Timur Kapadze (born 1981), Uzbekistani footballer *

Temur Ketsbaia Temur Ketsbaia ( ka, თემურ ქეცბაია; born 18 March 1968) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player. He most recently managed the Cyprus national team from June 2022 to September 2024. Club career Kets ...

(born 1968), Georgian football player and manager * Timur Kulibayev (born 1966), Kazakh billionaire * Timur Kuran (born 1954), American economist and political scientist *

Timur Mutsurayev Timur Khamzatovich Mutsurayev (; ; born 25 July 1976), also spelled Mucuraev or Mutsuraev, is a Chechen singer-songwriter or bard who sang in Russian and, rarely, in Chechen. A majority of his songs are about the conflict in Chechnya. Biograph ...

(born 1976), Chechen singer and bard * Timur Naniev (born 1994), Russian weightlifter * Timur Pradopo (born 1955), Chief of the Indonesian National Police * Timur Taymazov (born 1970), Ukrainian weightlifter *

Timur Selçuk Timur Selçuk (2 July 1946 – 6 November 2020) was a Turkish composer, pianist, singer and conductor. Biography One of the greatest Turkish composers, Timur Selçuk was the son of Turkish neo-classical music composer Münir Nurettin Selçu ...

(1946–2020), Turkish musician * Timur Tekkal (born 1981), German rugby union player * Timur Yanyali (born 1975), Turkish footballer

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* Timur (name) * Tamerlane (poem), 1827 poem by Edgar Allan Poe * ''Tamerlane'' (ship) *

Tamerlane chess Tamerlane chess is a medieval chess variant. Like modern chess, it is derived from shatranj. It was developed in Central Asia during the reign of Emperor Timur, and its invention is also attributed to him.Cazaux, Jean-Louis and Knowlton, Rick (2017 ...

* ''Tamerlano'' (Gasparini opera), 1711 *''

Tamerlano ''Tamerlano'' (Tamerlane, HWV 18) is an opera seria in three acts by George Frideric Handel. The Italian libretto was by Nicola Francesco Haym, adapted from Agostino Piovene's ''Tamerlano'' together with another libretto entitled ''Bajazet'' a ...

'', Handel opera, 1724 * Timur, Iran, village in Ardabil Province, Iran * Temir komuz, central Asian jaw harp *

Timuri The Timuri or Taimuri () are a sub-tribe of the Aimaq people of Afghanistan and Iran, which also include Jamshidi, Aimaq Hazara, Firozkohi, and Taymani. The Timuri originated in western Badghis Province. They mostly speak the Persian dialects ...

, tribe in Afghanistan and Iran * Timurite movement, youth volunteer organization in the Soviet Union * Amur and Timur, tiger and goat friendship in Russian safari park * ''Timur'', Nepali and Tamil name for the plant '' Zanthoxylum armatum'', "rattan pepper"

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