This man introduced a new form of chess known as "perfect chess" and ordered a copy of the Koran that could only be moved by wheelbarrow due to its size.
This man introduced a new form of chess known as "perfect chess" and ordered a copy of the Koran that could only be moved by wheelbarrow due to its size. An avid patron of the arts and architecture, he commissioned the Bibi-Khanym Mosque in the capital he founded. When he invaded Baghdad, he ordered his warriors to bring him two severed heads each. He also once led an army of over 100,000 against his former ally Tokhtamysh [TOK-tam-ish] as well as the sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Bayezid I. FTP, name this ruler, who in addition to decimating the Golden Horde and conquering the city of Delhi, also set up a namesake dynasty with capital at Samarkand.
This man introduced a new form of chess known as "perfect chess" and ordered a copy of the Koran that could only be moved by wheelbarrow due to its size.
{Tamerlane} (accept {Tamburlaine} and {Timur} the Lame)