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Timur

(c. 1336 - 1405)

Conqueror of an empire that included all or parts of today's Afghanistan, Persia, India, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt. Equally famed for ruthlessness and the monuments he commissioned, especially in his capital, Samarqand.


Sources: Saudi Aramco World, (January-February 2002)