This man fell ill and died while wintering at Otrar, where his body was put in an ebony coffin. This man cemented his rule by turning against his brother-in-law at Balkh. This grandfather of Ulug Beg captured Smyrna from the Knights Hospitallers and defeated his rival Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde. He allegedly built a pyr
This man fell ill and died while wintering at Otrar, where his body was put in an ebony coffin. This man cemented his rule by turning against his brother-in-law at Balkh. This grandfather of Ulug Beg captured Smyrna from the Knights Hospitallers and defeated his rival Tokhtamysh of the Golden Horde. He allegedly built a pyramid of skulls outside Isfahan, and was shot early in life by two arrows while stealing a sheep, causing disability on his right side. This man's short-lived empire, based in Samarkand, caused a twelve-year Ottoman interregnum after his victory at Ankara. For 10 points, name this descendant of Genghis Khan, a Turko-Mongol conqueror of the late 1300s.
This man fell ill and died while wintering at Otrar, where his body was put in an ebony coffin.
Tamerlane [or Timur-i Leng; or Timur Lenk; or Timur the Lame; or Timurlank; or TemÃ¼r; or Tamburlaine; or Tamerlame] 