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

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of the Bosnian and Turkish name Demir. In Indonesian, timur translates to ''

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izes hope by the rising sun. Timur () is also a popular name for boys in

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, 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

* Möngke Temür (d.1280), khan of the Golden Horde * Several rulers from the Chinese-Mongol

Yuan Dynasty The Yuan dynasty ( ; zh, c=元朝, p=Yuáncháo), officially the Great Yuan (; Mongolian language, Mongolian: , , literally 'Great Yuan State'), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after Div ...

. **

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, ( 1408–1412) * Köke Temür, a Yuan dynasty general *

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 ...

(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 The emperors of the Mughal Empire, who were all members of the Timurid dynasty (House of Babur), ruled the empire from its inception on 21 April 1526 to its dissolution on 21 September 1857. They were supreme monarchs of the Mughal Empire in ...

. * Bayan Temür ( King Gongmin 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), a 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 ...

(1746–1793), an Afghan ruler *

Tughlugh Timur Tughlugh Timur Khan ( Chagatai and Persian: تغلق تیمور خان; also Tughluq Tömür or Tughluk Timur; 1312/13–1363) was the Khan of Moghulistan from and Khan of the whole Chagatai Khanate from c. 1360 until his death. Esen Buqa (a d ...

(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 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' ...

, 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 Timur Mikhailovich Frunze (; 5 April 1923 – 19 January 1942) was a Soviet fighter pilot and posthumous recipient of the title Hero of the Soviet Union. He was the son of Red Army commander and People's Commissar for Military Affairs Mikhail Fru ...

, Russian fighter pilot * Timur Gareev, 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 ...

, 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 * 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 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), an Azerbaijani chess player * Timur Rodriguez, Russian showman, singer, TV and radio personality *

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 ...

, 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

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