Mikhail Gerasimov exhumed this ruler's body at Gur-e Amir three days before the start of Operation Barbarossa. At both the Battle of the Kondurcha River and the Battle of the Terek River, this ruler defeated Tokhtamysh's Golden Horde. With Miran Shah, Khalil Sultan, and Shah Rukh, this ruler defeated Stefan Lazarevic and Bayezid I the Thunderbolt at the Battle of Ankara. This ruler built pyramids of skulls at Damascus and Baghdad and his descendant Babur later established the Mughal Dynasty of India. For 10 points, name
Mikhail Gerasimov exhumed this ruler's body at Gur-e Amir three days before the start of Operation Barbarossa. At both the Battle of the Kondurcha River and the Battle of the Terek River, this ruler defeated Tokhtamysh's Golden Horde. With Miran Shah, Khalil Sultan, and Shah Rukh, this ruler defeated Stefan Lazarevic and Bayezid I the Thunderbolt at the Battle of Ankara. This ruler built pyramids of skulls at Damascus and Baghdad and his descendant Babur later established the Mughal Dynasty of India. For 10 points, name this ruler who originated from Uzbekistan's city of Samarkand in addition to being nicknamed "the Lame."
Mikhail Gerasimov exhumed this ruler's body at Gur-e Amir three days before the start of Operation Barbarossa.
{Tamerlane} [or {Timur} the Lame; or {Timour} the Lame; or {Timur Lenk}; or {Tamburlaine}]