Medievalists.net » Timur Barlas http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Tue, 08 Dec 2015 00:51:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Kings, Conquerors, and Gods: The Autobiographies of Timur, Isma’il, and Babur http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/kings-conquerors-and-gods-the-autobiographies-of-timur-ismail-and-babur/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/07/31/kings-conquerors-and-gods-the-autobiographies-of-timur-ismail-and-babur/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2013 16:55:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42504 In 1360, a hundred years after the finalization of Mongol conquest, the most famous of these post-Genghisid rulers emerged in Kesh, not far from Samarqand. Timur Barlas, anglicized as Tamerlane, pursued a life-long career of warfare, first establishing himself in the ranks of the regional amir Kurgen and eventually awing the entire region from the Punjab to Cairo and Constantinople through his conquests. Like his predecessor Genghis, Timur has since been a hotly debated figure.

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