Timur (frae the Perso-Arabic form  , ultimately frae Chagatai (Middle Turkic)  "iron"; 8 Aprile 1336 – 18 Februar 1405), normally kent as Tamerlane (frae ) in Inglis, wis a fowerteent-century conqueror o Wastren, South an Central Asie, foonder o the Timurid Empire an Timurid dynasty (1370–1405) in Central Asie, an great great grandfaither o Babur, the foonder o the Mughal Dynasty, whilk survived till 1857 as the Mughal Empire in Indie.