Timur (disambiguation)
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- TimurTimurTimur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...
(1336–1405), a 14th century Turko-Mongol conqueror of much of western and central Asia - Timur (name), people with the name
- Temür Khan, Emperor Chengzong of Yuan, the second leader of the Yuan Dynasty
Other uses
- Timur (Malay)Timur (malay)Timur means east in the Malay language. It is part of several place names in Malaysia and Indonesia.It gave name to the island of Timor....
, means east in the Malay language, it is part of several place names in Malaysia and Indonesia - Timurite movementTimurite movementThe Timurite movement or Timur movement was an altruistic youth volunteering movement in the Soviet Union promoted via mass youth organizations of Little Octobrists and Young Pioneers...
, an altruistic youth volunteering movement in the Soviet Union - Sichuan pepperSichuan PepperSichuan pepper is the outer pod of the tiny fruit of a number of species in the genus Zanthoxylum , widely grown and consumed in Asia as a spice. Despite the name, it is not related to black pepper or to chili peppers...
, a mild pepper known as Timur in the Nepali languageNepali languageNepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...