Turkic warriors guarding the Doors of Tamerlane.

Tamerlane, anglicized form of Timur-i-Lang ('Lame Timur' or

'Timur the Lame') (1336-1404), was a Turkic conqueror, born in Kash near Samarkand. He waged several
devastating wars, conquering Persia (1392-96) and northern India (1398), and defeating the Ottomans and the
Mamlukes (1402)

Timur, historically known as Tamerlane was a Turko-Mongol ruler of Barlas lineage. He conquered
West, South and Central Asia and founded the Timurid dynasty. He was the grandfather of Ulugh Beg,
who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449, and the great-great-great-grandfather of Babur Beg,
founder of the Mughal Empire, which ruled parts of South Asia for around four centuries, from 1526
until 1857.