Timur, Temur, Temür, Temir, Teymur or Tömör is a masculine Turkic and Mongolic given name which literally means ''

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name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to ''east'', and symbolizes hope by the rising sun. Timur () is also a popular name for boys in former soviet countries, post-Soviet states, due in part to its usage in the novel ''Timur and His Squad'' by Arkady Gaidar. Notable people with the name include:

People with the given name

Historical

* Mengu-Timur, Möngke Temür (d.1280), khan of the Golden Horde * Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol Yuan Dynasty. ** Temür Khan ( 1294–1307), the second ruler of the Yuan dynasty ** Tugh Temür, better known as Jayaatu Khan, Emperor Wenzong of Yuan ( 1328–1332) ** Toghon Temür ( 1333–1370) ** Uskhal Khan Tögüs Temür ( 1378–1388) ** Yesün Temür Khan, Emperor Taiding of Yuan, Yesün Temür ( 1323–1328) ** Öljei Temür Khan, ( 1408–1412) * Köke Temür, a Yuan dynasty general * Timur (1336–1405), a Central Asian ruler also known as Tamerlane. * Timur II real name Neku Siyar (b. 1679d. 1723) was a (De facto) Mughal emperor. * Bayan Temür (King Gongmin of Goryeo) * Khan Temir ( 1637), a Budjak Nogais ruler * Timur Shah Durrani (1746–1793), an Afghan ruler * Tughlugh Timur (d.1363), khan of the Chagatai Khanate/Moghulistan

Modern

* Temur Babluani (born 1948), a Georgian film director * Timur Beg, (1886-1933), a Uyghur rebel leader * Timur Bekmambetov, Kazakh film and advertisement director * Timur Bekmansurov, Russian school shooter * Timur Bilyalov, (born 1995) Russian hockey player (goaltender) * Timur Dibirov (born 1983), a Russian handball player * Timur Dzhabrailov, Russian footballer * Timur Frunze, Russian fighter pilot * Timur Gareev, Uzbekistani chess player * Timur Ibragimov, Uzbekistani boxer * Temur Iakobashvili (born 1967), Georgian politician and diplomat * Temur Juraev (born 1984), Uzbekistani football player * Timur Kapadze, Uzbekistani footballer * Temur Ketsbaia (born 1968), Georgian football player and manager * Timur Kuran, American academic * Timati, Timur Yunusov, Russian singer * Timur Miroshnychenko, a Ukrainian TV presenter * Timur Mutsurayev (born 1976), Chechen singer and bard * Timur Taymazov (born 1970), a Ukrainian weightlifter * Timur Kulibayev, Kazakh billionaire * Teimour Radjabov (born 1987), an Azerbaijani chess player * Timur Rodriguez, Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality * Timur Selçuk, Turkish musician * Timur Tekkal, German rugby union player * Timur Yanyali, Turkish footballer * Taimur bin Faisal, (1886-1965), Sultan of Muscat and Oman (ruled from 1913 until his abdication in 1932)

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* Timur (disambiguation) * Amur and Timur, a tiger and goat in Russia * Aysegul Timur, American academic administrator * Bar Timor (born 1992), Israeli basketball player * Daramyn Tömör-Ochir * Minarti Timur, Chinese-Indonesian badminton player * Mahmut Temür, (born 1989) a German football player {{given name

People with the given name

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