Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir or Tömör is a masculine
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and Mongolic given name which literally means '' iron''. It is a
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name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to '' east'', and symbolizes hope by the rising sun.
Timur (russian: Тиму́р) is also a popular name for boys in post-Soviet states, due in part to its usage in the novel ''
Timur and His Squad
''Timur and His Squad'' (russian: Тимур и его команда, Timur i yego komanda) is a short novel by Arkady Gaidar, written and first published in 1940. The book tells the story of a gang of village kids who sneak around secretly doing ...
'' by
Arkady Gaidar
Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (russian: link=no, Арка́дий Петро́вич Гайда́р, born Golikov, russian: link=no, Го́ликов; – 26 October 1941) was a Russian Soviet writer, whose stories were very popular among Soviet chil ...
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Notable people with the name include:
People with the given name
Historical
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Möngke Temür
Möngke Temür ( or ) or Dudu Mengtemu (Manchu: ;遼寧省檔案館 『滿州實錄 上函』 ) (1370–1433) was a Jurchen chieftain of the Odoli tribe, one of the three tribes of the lower Sunggari river valley in Manchuria. In the 1380s the tr ...
Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür
Uskhal Khan ( Mongolian: Усгал; Mongolian script: ; ), also called the Last Lord of Northern Yuan () or by his era name the Tianyuan Emperor (), born Tögüs Temür (; ), was an emperor of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1378 to 13 ...
Öljei Temür Khan
Öljei Temür Khan ( mn, Өлзийтөмөр хаан ; ), born Bunyashiri (, sa, प्रज्ञाश्री), (1379–1412) was a khagan of the Northern Yuan dynasty, reigning from 1408 to 1412. He was a son of Elbeg Nigülesügchi K ...
, ( 1408–1412)
* Köke Temür, a Yuan dynasty general
* Timur (1336–1405), a Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane.
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Timur II
Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar, also known as Timur II was a claimant to the throne of India. He had been in prison from 1681 to 1719 and initiated a war to seize the throne in 1719. He was son of rebel Muhammad Akbar, grandson of Aurangzeb and was b ...
real name Neku Siyar (b. 1679d. 1723) was a (
De-facto
''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
* Temur Babluani (born 1948), a Georgian film director
* Timur Beg, (d. 1933), a Uyghur rebel leader
* Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh film and advertisement director
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Timur Dibirov
Timur Magomedovich Dibirov (russian: Тимур Магомедович Дибиров; born 30 July 1983) is a Russian handball player who plays for RK Zagreb and the Russian national team.
He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, w ...
Temur Juraev
Temur Oltiboevich Juraev ( uz, Temur Joʻrayev, born 12 May 1984 in Toshkent) is an Uzbekistani football goalkeeper who currently plays for Shurtan Guzar.
Career
Juraev has spent most of his career playing for ''Pakhtakor''. He played for Pak ...
(born 1984), Uzbekistani football player
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Timur Kapadze
Timur Kapadze ( uz, Temur Kapadze; russian: Тимур Кападзе; tr, Timur Kapadze, ka, თემურ კაპაძე) is an Uzbekistani former professional association football, football midfielder of Ahiska Turks, Ahiska-Turkish de ...
, Uzbekistani footballer
* Temur Ketsbaia (born 1968), Georgian football player and manager
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Timur Kuran
Timur Kuran is a Turkish-American economist and political scientist, Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University. His work spans economics, political science, history, and law.
Ea ...
Timur Mutsurayev
Timur Khamzatovich Mutsurayev ( ce, Муцурай ХӀамзат-кӀант Темур; russian: Тимур Хамзатович Муцураев; born 25 June 1976), also spelled Mucuraev or Mutsuraev, is a Chechen retired singer and bard who s ...
(born 1976), Chechen singer and bard
* Timur Taymazov (born 1970), a Ukrainian weightlifter
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Timur Kulibayev
Timur Askaruly Kulibayev ( kk, Тимур Асқарұлы Құлыбаев, ''Timur Asqarūly Qūlybaev'', born 10 September 1966) is a Kazakh business oligarch and son-in-law of former Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev. Kulibayev has hel ...
, Kazakh billionaire
* Teimour Radjabov (born 1987), an Azerbaijani chess player
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Timur Rodriguez
Timur Mikailovich Rodriguez (russian: Тимур Микаилович Родригез, born Kerimov, russian: Керимов, October 14, 1979 in Penza), often stylized as T-moor Rodriguez, is a Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality, ...
, Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality
* Timur Selçuk, Turkish musician
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Timur Tekkal
Timur Tekkal (born 3 June 1981) accessed: 7 March 2010 is a German
Timur Yanyali
Timur Yanyalı (born August 26, 1975) is a Turkish former association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
In the 2000–01 season he was suspended from football after doping test.
References
Externa ...
, Turkish footballer
* Tamoor Hussain, American journalist
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Timur (disambiguation)
Timur was a 14th-century Southern-Central Asian Turkic-Mongolian ruler and warlord also known as Tamerlane (from ''Timur the Lame'' or the Persian expression of the same meaning, ''Timur-e-Lang'') in the western world.
Taimur or Timur may also ...
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Amur and Timur
Amur and Timur (russian: Амур и Тимур) are respectively a tiger and a goat who established an unlikely interspecies friendship in a safari park in Primorye in the Far East of Russia. Timur was placed in Amur's enclosure as food but, by ...
, a tiger and goat in Russia
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Bar Timor
Bar Timor (בר טימור; born March 2, 1992) is an Israeli professional basketball player, who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the Israeli national team.
Professional career
Timor was the Israeli Super ...
(born 1992), Israeli basketball player
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Daramyn Tömör-Ochir
Daramyn Tömör-Ochir ( mn, Дарамын Төмөр-Очир, spelled ''Daramiin Tɵmɵr-Oçir'' between 1931 and 1941 and before 1931, 1921 – 2 October 1985) was a Mongolian politician and adherent of Marxism–Leninism. He served as a membe ...
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Minarti Timur
Minarti Timur (; 24 March 1968) is a former Indonesian badminton player who is affiliated with PB Djarum since 1987.
Career
Though she won women's singles at the 1990 Dutch Open, Minarti was primarily a doubles player, particularly excelling ...
, Chinese-Indonesian badminton player
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Mahmut Temür
Mahmut Temür (born 8 October 1989) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
He made his debut in the German 3. Liga for SSV Jahn Regensburg on 24 July 2010 in a match against SV Werder Bremen II
SV Werd ...
Timofey Timofey (russian: Тимофе́й) is a male Russian first name, derived from the Ancient Greek ""—''Timotheos'', "honoring a god". Timofey is a Russian variation of the name Timothy.
The male patronymic derived from this name is Timofeyevich ...
