Timur
1336–1405
Turco-Mongol conqueror who built an empire across Central Asia.
Timur (1336–1405) was a conqueror, born in Shahrisabz and died in Otrar.
- Known as
- Conqueror
- Category
- Leaders & Baddies
- Born
- 1336, Shahrisabz
- Died
- 1405, Otrar
Alive at the same time as Timur
- Mansa Musa c. 1280–c. 1337, emperor
- Petrarch 1304–1374, poet
- Ibn Battuta 1304–c. 1369, explorer
- Giovanni Boccaccio 1313–1375, writer
- Hafez c. 1315–c. 1390, poet
- Hongwu Emperor 1328–1398, emperor
- Ibn Khaldun 1332–1406, historian
- Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343–1400, writer
- Catherine of Siena 1347–1380, mystic
- Christine de Pizan 1364–c. 1430, writer
- Zheng He 1371–1433, admiral
- Henry V 1386–1422, king
Portrait: 1405-1409 artist, Public domain.
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