Timur the lame biography of christopher

Timur (c.

1336-1405) was born in 1336 in central Asia, about 50 miles south of the city we know today as Samarkand in modern Uzbekistan. He was Turkic and descended from the Mongols. Timur is also known by Western scholars today as Tamerlane, a name which developed from the words “Timur the Lame.” Timur was partially crippled from an early age and was missing two fingers on his right hand.

Timur the lame biography of christopher columbus

He walked with a limp.

Timur’s father’s name was Taraqai, a minor chieftain of the Barlas tribe. Timur considered himself to be a devout Muslim. At a young age, he and the members of his family were kidnapped by a rogue band of Mongol raiders and carried off to Samarkand.

Timur’s sheer lust for war and his clever ability to gain the loy