An important source for this man's life comes from the account of Ruy González de Clavijo, and after his death he was buried in a tomb called Gūr-e Amīr. After defeating Ilyas Khoja, he and his brother Amir Husayn conquered Transoxania before this man assassinated Husayn. In one of this man's later campaigns, he defeated Kh
An important source for this man's life comes from the account of Ruy González de Clavijo, and after his death he was buried in a tomb called Gūr-e Amīr. After defeating Ilyas Khoja, he and his brother Amir Husayn conquered Transoxania before this man assassinated Husayn. In one of this man's later campaigns, he defeated Khan Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horn at the Kur River, and he defeated Bayezid the Thunderbolt at Ankara after his 1401 conquests of Damascus and Baghdad. For 10 points, name this Central Asian builder of skull pyramids who ruled from Samarkand, nicknamed for a disability caused by a hip injury.
An important source for this man's life comes from the account of Ruy González de Clavijo, and after his death he was buried in a tomb called Gūr-e Amīr.
Timur the Lame or Tamerlane [accept Timur Lenk or Tamburlaine]