Medievalists.net » Timur http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The albinism of Timur, Zal, and Edward the Confessor http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/06/the-albinism-of-timur-zal-and-edward-the-confessor/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/06/the-albinism-of-timur-zal-and-edward-the-confessor/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 01:33:37 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29895 At least three historical characters, and one biblical one, are frequently referred to as albinos. Two of them, Edward the Confessor and Timur, were real people, one being a King of England and the other the most powerful of the medieval Tartar rulers; the third is a figure in Persian legend, Zal.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/06/the-albinism-of-timur-zal-and-edward-the-confessor/feed/ 0 Tamerlane’s Place of Abode and Activities after Ankara War in Kütahya http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/04/tamerlanes-place-of-abode-and-activities-after-ankara-war-in-kutahya/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/04/tamerlanes-place-of-abode-and-activities-after-ankara-war-in-kutahya/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:40:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29810 Tamerlane who won the Ankara war against the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I in July 28, 1402 did not immediately left Anatolia and stayed there for approximately one year. He continued his pillage attacks and conquests in various cities of Anatoia during this period.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/04/tamerlanes-place-of-abode-and-activities-after-ankara-war-in-kutahya/feed/ 0 Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/tamerlane-and-the-symbolism-of-sovereignty/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/05/22/tamerlane-and-the-symbolism-of-sovereignty/#comments Sun, 22 May 2011 19:03:04 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=20950 Tamerlane and the Symbolism of Sovereignty Forbes Manz, Beatrice Iranian Studies, Vol. 21, No. 1/2, Soviet and North American Studies on Central Asia (1988) Abstract The great nomad conqueror Timur set out to conquerthe whole of the former Mongol Empire and almost succeeded. Although the dynasty he founded lasted a relatively short time, he became […]

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