Timur - wikipedia Timur Turco - Mongol ruler `` Tamerlane '', `` Tamerlan '', and `` Taimur '' redirect here. For the poem, see Tamerlane ( poem ). For the play, see Tamburlaine. For people named Tamerlan, see Tamerlan ( given name ). For other uses, see Timur ( disambiguation ). Temür Amir A Timurid - era illustration of Timur Reign 9 April 1370 -- 14 February 1405 Coronation 9 April 1370, Balkh Predecessor Amir Hussain Successor Khalil Sultan 9 April 1336 Kesh, Chagatai Khanate 19 February 1405 ( 1405 - 02 - 19 ) ( aged 68 ) Otrar, Farab, near Shymkent, Syr Darya Burial Gur - e-Amir, Samarkand Spouse Saray Mulk Khanum Chulpan Mulk Agha Aljaz Turkhan Agha Tukal Khanum Dil Shad Agha Touman Agha Other consorts Issue Detail Miran Shah Shahrukh Mirza Full name Shuja - ud - din Timur House Barlas Timurid Father Amir Taraghai Mother Tekina Khatun Religion Islam Timur 's conquests Central Asia Balkh Kath Urganj Persia Fushanj Herat Kandahar Tehran Soltaniyeh Isfizar Zaranj Tabriz Maragha Van Isfahan Shiraz ( 1387 ) Shiraz ( 1393 ) Anjudan Tikrit Yazd Baghdad Tokhtamysh -- Timur war Kondurcha River Ryazan Sarai Shirvan Astrakhan Terek River Caucasus Tbilisi Nekresi Gori Birtvisi India Multan Delhi Levant Aleppo Damascus Anatolia Ankara Smyrna Timur ( Persian : تیمور ‎ Temūr, Chagatai : Temür ; 9 April 1336 -- 18 February 1405 ), historically known as Amir Timur and Tamerlane ( Persian : تيمور لنگ ‎ Temūr ( - i ) Lang, `` Timur the Lame '' ), was a Turco - Mongol conqueror. As the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia, he became the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty. According to John Joseph Saunders, Timur was `` the product of an islamized and iranized society '', and not steppe nomadic. Born into the Barlas confederation in Transoxiana ( in modern - day Uzbekistan ) on 9 April 1336, Timur gained control of the western Chagatai Khanate by 1370. From that base, he led military campaigns across Western, South and Central Asia, the Caucasus and southern Russia, and emerged as the most powerful ruler in the Muslim world after defeating the Mamluks of Egypt and Syria, the emerging Ottoman Empire, and the declining Delhi Sultanate. From these conquests, he founded the Timurid Empire, but this empire fragmented shortly after his death. Timur was the last of the great nomadic conquerors of the Eurasian Steppe, and his empire set the stage for the rise of the more structured and lasting Gunpowder Empires in the 16th and 17th centuries. Timur envisioned the restoration of the Mongol Empire of Genghis Khan ( died 1227 ). According to Beatrice Forbes Manz, `` in his formal correspondence Temur continued throughout his life to portray himself as the restorer of Chinggisid rights. He justified his Iranian, Mamluk, and Ottoman campaigns as a re-imposition of legitimate Mongol control over lands taken by usurpers. '' To legitimize his conquests, Timur relied on Islamic symbols and language, referred to himself as the `` Sword of Islam '', and patronized educational and religious institutions. He converted nearly all the Borjigin leaders to Islam during his lifetime. Timur decisively defeated the Christian Knights Hospitaller at the Siege of Smyrna, styling himself a ghazi. By the end of his reign, Timur had gained complete control over all the remnants of the Chagatai Khanate, the Ilkhanate, and the Golden Horde, and even attempted to restore the Yuan dynasty in China. Timur 's armies were inclusively multi-ethnic and were feared throughout Asia, Africa, and Europe, sizable parts of which his campaigns laid to waste. Scholars estimate that his military campaigns caused the deaths of 17 million people, amounting to about 5 % of the world population at the time. He was the grandfather of the Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Beg, who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449, and the great - great - great - grandfather of Babur ( 1483 -- 1530 ), founder of the Mughal Empire, which ruled parts of South Asia for over three centuries, from 1526 until 1857. Timur is considered as a great patron of art and architecture, as he interacted with intellectuals such as Ibn Khaldun and Hafiz - i Abru. Contents 1 Ancestry 2 Early life 3 Personality 4 Military leader 5 Rise to power 6 Legitimization of Timur 's rule 7 Period of expansion 8 Conquest of Persia 8.1 Tokhtamysh -- Timur war 8.2 Ismailis 9 Campaign against the Tughlaq Dynasty 9.1 Capture of Delhi ( 1398 ) 10 Campaigns in the Levant 11 Attempts to attack the Ming dynasty 12 Death 13 Succession 14 Exchanges with Europe 15 Legacy 15.1 Historical sources 15.1. 1 Malfuzat - i Timuri 15.2 European views 15.3 Exhumation and alleged curse 15.4 In the arts 16 Gallery 17 Consorts 18 Descendants of Timur 18.1 Sons of Timur 18.2 Daughters of Timur 18.3 Sons of Jahangir 18.4 Sons of Umar Shaikh Mirza I 18.5 Sons of Miran Shah 18.6 Sons of Shahrukh Mirza 19 See also 20 Notes 21 References 22 External links Ancestry Genealogical relationship between Timur and Genghis Khan Through his father, Timur claimed to be a descendant of Tumanay Khan, a male - line ancestor he shared in common with Genghis Khan. Tuminai 's great - great grandson Karachar Noyan ( 1165 -- 1242 / 54 ) was a minister for the Emperor and was eventually transferred to assist his second son Chagatai in the governorship of Transoxiana. Though there are not many mentions of Karachar in 13th and 14th century records, later Timurid sources greatly emphasised his role in the early history of the Mongol Empire. These histories also state that Genghis Khan later `` established the bond of fatherhood and sonship '' by marrying Chagatai 's daughter to Karachar. Through his descent from this marriage, Timur claimed kinship with the Chagatai Khans. The origins of Timur 's mother, Tekina Khatun are less clear. The Zafarnama merely states her name without giving any information regarding her background. Writing in 1403 Jean, Archbishop of Sultaniyya claimed that she was of lowly origins. The Mu'izz al - Ansab, written decades later say that she was related to the Yasa'uri tribe, whose lands bordered that of the Barlas. Ibn Khaldun recounted that Timur himself described to him his mother 's descent from the legendary Persian hero Manuchehr. Ibn Arabshah suggested that she was a descendant of Genghis Khan. The 18th century Books of Timur identify her as the daughter of ' Sadr al - Sharia ', believed to be referring to the Hanafi scholar Ubayd Allah al - Mahbubi of Bukhara. Early life Emir Timur feasts in the gardens of Samarkand. Timur was born in Transoxiana near the city of Kesh ( modern Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan ) some 80 kilometres ( 50 mi ) south of Samarkand, part of what was then the Chagatai Khanate. His father, Taraghai, was a minor noble of the Barlas, a Mongolian tribe that had been turkified in many aspects. Historian Beatrice Forbes Manz believes that Timur may have later understated the social position of his father so as to make his own successes appear more remarkable. She states that though he is not believed to be especially powerful, Taraghai was reasonalbly wealthy and influential. This is shown by Timur returning to his birthplace following the death of Taraghai in 1360, suggesting concern over his estate. He is described by Arabshah as a magnate in the court of Amir Husayn Qara'unas. In addition to this the father of the great Amir Hamid Kereyid of Moghulistan is stated as a friend of Taraghai 's. According to Gérard Chaliand, Timur was a Muslim, and he saw himself as Genghis Khan 's heir. Though not a Borjigid or a descendent of Genghis Khan, he clearly sought to invoke the legacy of Genghis Khan 's conquests during his lifetime. His name Temur means `` Iron '' in the Chaghatay language, Timur 's mother - tongue ( cf. Uzbek Temir, Turkish Demir ). Later Timurid dynastic histories claim that he was born on 8 April 1336, but most sources from his lifetime give ages that are consistent with a birthdate in the late 1320s. Historian Beatrice Forbes Manz suspects the 1336 date was designed to tie Timur to the legacy of Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, the last ruler of the Ilkhanate descended from Hulagu Khan, who died in that year. At the age of eight or nine, Timur and his mother and brothers were carried as prisoners to Samarkand by an invading Mongol army. In his childhood, Timur and a small band of followers raided travelers for goods, especially animals such as sheep, horses, and cattle. Around 1363, it is believed that Timur tried to steal a sheep from a shepherd but was shot by two arrows, one in his right leg and another in his right hand, where he lost two fingers. Both injuries crippled him for life. Some believe that Timur suffered his crippling injuries while serving as a mercenary to the khan of Sistan in Khorasan in what is today the Dashti Margo in southwest Afghanistan. Timur 's injuries have given him the names of Timur the Lame and Tamerlane by Europeans. Timur was a Muslim, possibly belonging to the Naqshbandi school of Sufism, which was influential in Transoxiana. However, his chief official religious counsellor and adviser was the Hanafi scholar ' Abdu ' l - Jabbar Khwarazmi. In Tirmidh, he had come under the influence of his spiritual mentor Sayyid Baraka, a leader from Balkh who is buried alongside Timur in Gur - e-Amir. Timur was known to hold Ali and the Ahl al - Bayt in high regard and has been noted by various scholars for his `` pro-Alid '' stance. Despite this, Timur was noted for attacking the Shia with Sunni apologism, while at other times he attacked Sunnis on religious ground as well. In contrast, Timur held the Seljuk Sultan Ahmad Sanjar in high regard for attacking the Ismailis at Alamut, while Timur 's own attack on Ismailis at Anjudan was equally brutal. Personality Timur facial reconstruction from skull Timur is regarded as a military genius and as a brilliant tactician with an uncanny ability to work within a highly fluid political structure to win and maintain a loyal following of nomads during his rule in Central Asia. He was also considered extraordinarily intelligent -- not only intuitively but also intellectually. In Samarkand and his many travels, Timur, under the guidance of distinguished scholars, was able to learn the Persian, Mongolian, and Turkish languages ( according to Ahmad ibn Arabshah, Timur could not speak Arabic ). More importantly, Timur was characterized as an opportunist. Taking advantage of his Turco - Mongolian heritage, Timur frequently used either the Islamic religion or the law and traditions of the Mongol Empire to achieve his military goals or domestic political aims. Timur was a learned king, and enjoyed the company of scholars ; he was tolerant and generous to them. He was a contemporary of the Persian poet Hafez, and a story of their meeting explains that Timur summoned Hafiz, who had written a ghazal with the following verse : For the black mole on thy cheek I would give the cities of Samarkand and Bukhara. Timur upbraided him for this verse and said, `` By the blows of my well tempered sword I have conquered the greater part of the world to enlarge Samarkand and Bukhara, my capitals and residences ; and you, pitiful creature, would exchange these two cities for a mole. '' Hafez, undaunted, replied, `` It is by similar generosity that I have been reduced, as you see, to my present state of poverty. '' It is reported that the King was pleased by the witty answer and the poet departed with magnificent gifts. Timur used Persian expressions in his conversations often, and his motto was the Persian phrase rāstī rustī ( راستی رستی, meaning `` truth is safety '' or `` veritas salus '' ). Military leader This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( December 2015 ) About 1360, Timur gained prominence as a military leader whose troops were mostly Turkic tribesmen of the region. He took part in campaigns in Transoxiana with the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate. Allying himself both in cause and by family connection with Qazaghan, the dethroner and destroyer of Volga Bulgaria, he invaded Khorasan at the head of a thousand horsemen. This was the second military expedition that he led, and its success led to further operations, among them the subjugation of Khwarezm and Urgench. Following Qazaghan 's murder, disputes arose among the many claimants to sovereign power. Tughlugh Timur of Kashgar, the Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, another descendant of Genghis Khan, invaded, interrupting this infighting. Timur was sent to negotiate with the invader but joined with him instead and was rewarded with Transoxania. At about this time, his father died and Timur also became chief of the Berlas. Tughlugh then attempted to set his son Ilyas Khoja over Transoxania, but Timur repelled this invasion with a smaller force. Rise to power Timur commanding the Siege of Balkh It was in this period that Timur reduced the Chagatai khans to the position of figureheads while he ruled in their name. Also during this period, Timur and his brother - in - law Amir Husayn, who were at first fellow fugitives and wanderers in joint adventures, became rivals and antagonists. The relationship between them began to become strained after Husayn abandoned efforts to carry out Timur 's orders to finish off Ilya Khoja ( former governor of Mawarannah ) close to Tishnet. Timur began to gain a following of people in Balkh, consisting of merchants, fellow tribesmen, Muslim clergy, aristocracy and agricultural workers, because of his kindness in sharing his belongings with them. This contrasted Timur 's behavior with that of Husayn, who alienated these people, took many possessions from them via his heavy tax laws and selfishly spent the tax money building elaborate structures. Around 1370, Husayn surrendered to Timur and was later assassinated, which allowed Timur to be formally proclaimed sovereign at Balkh. He married Husayn 's wife Saray Mulk Khanum, a descendant of Genghis Khan, allowing him to become imperial ruler of the Chaghatay tribe. One day Aksak Temür spoke thusly : `` Khan Züdei ( in China ) rules over the city. We now number fifty to sixty men, so let us elect a leader. '' So they drove a stake into the ground and said : `` We shall run thither and he among us who is the first to reach the stake, may he become our leader ''. So they ran and Aksak Timur, as he was lame, lagged behind, but before the others reached the stake he threw his cap onto it. Those who arrived first said : `` We are the leaders. '' ( `` But, '' ) Aksak Timur said : `` My head came in first, I am the leader. '' Meanwhile, an old man arrived and said : `` The leadership should belong to Aksak Timur ; your feet have arrived but, before then, his head reached the goal. '' So they made Aksak Timur their prince. Legitimization of Timur 's rule Map of the Timurid Empire Timur 's Turco - Mongolian heritage provided opportunities and challenges as he sought to rule the Mongol Empire and the Muslim world. According to the Mongol traditions, Timur could not claim the title of khan or rule the Mongol Empire because he was not a descendant of Genghis Khan. Therefore, Timur set up a puppet Chaghatay Khan, Suyurghatmish, as the nominal ruler of Balkh as he pretended to act as a `` protector of the member of a Chinggisid line, that of Genghis Khan 's eldest son, Jochi ''. As a result, Timur never used the title of khan because the name khan could only be used by those who come from the same lineage as Genghis Khan himself. Timur instead used the title of amir meaning general, and acting in the name of the Chagatai ruler of Transoxania. To reinforce his position in the Mongol Empire, Timur managed to acquire the royal title of son - in - law when he married a princess of Chinggisid descent. Likewise, Timur could not claim the supreme title of the Islamic world, caliph, because the `` office was limited to the Quraysh, the tribe of the Prophet Muhammad ''. Therefore, Timur reacted to the challenge by creating a myth and image of himself as a `` supernatural personal power '' ordained by God. Since Timur had a successful career as a conqueror, it was easy to justify his rule as ordained and favored by God since no ordinary man could be a possessor of such good fortune that resistance would be seen as opposing the will of God. Moreover, the Islamic notion that military and political success was the result of Allah 's favor had long been successfully exploited by earlier rulers. Therefore, Timur 's assertions would not have seemed unbelievable to fellow Islamic people. Period of expansion Timur spent the next 35 years in various wars and expeditions. He not only consolidated his rule at home by the subjugation of his foes, but sought extension of territory by encroachments upon the lands of foreign potentates. His conquests to the west and northwest led him to the lands near the Caspian Sea and to the banks of the Ural and the Volga. Conquests in the south and south - West encompassed almost every province in Persia, including Baghdad, Karbala and Northern Iraq. One of the most formidable of Timur 's opponents was another Mongol ruler, a descendant of Genghis Khan named Tokhtamysh. After having been a refugee in Timur 's court, Tokhtamysh became ruler both of the eastern Kipchak and the Golden Horde. After his accession, he quarreled with Timur over the possession of Khwarizm and Azerbaijan. However, Timur still supported him against the Russians and in 1382 Tokhtamysh invaded the Muscovite dominion and burned Moscow. In 1395, Tamerlane reached the frontier of Principality of Ryazan, took Elets and advancing towards Moscow came near the banks of the Don River. Great Prince Vasily I of Moscow went with an army to Kolomna and halted at the banks of the Oka River. The clergy brought the famed Theotokos of Vladimir icon from Vladimir to Moscow. Along the way people prayed kneeling : `` O Mother of God, save the land of Russia ! '' Suddenly, Tamerlane 's armies retreated. In memory of this miraculous deliverance of the Russian land from Tamerlane on August 26, the all - Russian celebration in honor of the Meeting of the Vladimir Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God was established. Conquest of Persia Timur besieges the historic city of Urganj. Timur orders campaign against Georgia. Emir Timur 's army attacks the survivors of the town of Nerges, in Georgia, in the spring of 1396. After the death of Abu Sa'id, ruler of the Ilkhanate, in 1335, there was a power vacuum in Persia. In the end, Persia was split amongst the Muzaffarids, Kartids, Eretnids, Chobanids, Injuids, Jalayirids, and Sarbadars. In 1383, Timur started his lengthy military conquest of Persia, though he already ruled over much of Persian Khorasan by 1381, after Khwaja Mas'ud, of the Sarbadar dynasty surrendered. Timur began his Persian campaign with Herat, capital of the Kartid dynasty. When Herat did not surrender he reduced the city to rubble and massacred most of its citizens ; it remained in ruins until Shahrukh Mirza ordered its reconstruction. Timur then sent a General to capture rebellious Kandahar. With the capture of Herat the Kartid kingdom surrendered and became vassals of Timur ; it would later be annexed outright less than a decade later in 1389 by Timur 's son Miran Shah. Timur then headed west to capture the Zagros Mountains, passing through Mazandaran. During his travel through the north of Persia, he captured the then town of Tehran, which surrendered and was thus treated mercifully. He laid siege to Soltaniyeh in 1384. Khorasan revolted one year later, so Timur destroyed Isfizar, and the prisoners were cemented into the walls alive. The next year the kingdom of Sistan, under the Mihrabanid dynasty, was ravaged, and its capital at Zaranj was destroyed. Timur then returned to his capital of Samarkand, where he began planning for his Georgian campaign and Golden Horde invasion. In 1386, Timur passed through Mazandaran as he had when trying to capture the Zagros. He went near the city of Soltaniyeh, which he had previously captured but instead turned north and captured Tabriz with little resistance, along with Maragha. He ordered heavy taxation of the people, which was collected by Adil Aqa, who was also given control over Soltaniyeh. Adil was later executed because Timur suspected him of corruption. Timur then went north to begin his Georgian and Golden Horde campaigns, pausing his full - scale invasion of Persia. When he returned, he found his generals had done well in protecting the cities and lands he had conquered in Persia. Though many rebelled, and his son Miran Shah, who may have been regent, was forced to annex rebellious vassal dynasties, his holdings remained. So he proceeded to capture the rest of Persia, specifically the two major southern cities of Isfahan and Shiraz. When he arrived with his army at Isfahan in 1387, the city immediately surrendered ; he treated it with relative mercy as he normally did with cities that surrendered ( unlike Herat ). However, after Isfahan revolted against Timur 's taxes by killing the tax collectors and some of Timur 's soldiers, he ordered the massacre of the city 's citizens ; the death toll is reckoned at between 100,000 and 200,000. An eye - witness counted more than 28 towers constructed of about 1,500 heads each. This has been described as a `` systematic use of terror against towns... an integral element of Tamerlane 's strategic element '', which he viewed as preventing bloodshed by discouraging resistance. His massacres were selective and he spared the artistic and educated. This would later influence the next great Persian conqueror : Nader Shah. Timur then began a five - year campaign to the west in 1392, attacking Persian Kurdistan. In 1393, Shiraz was captured after surrendering, and the Muzaffarids became vassals of Timur, though prince Shah Mansur rebelled but was defeated, and the Muzafarids were annexed. Shortly after Georgia was devastated so that the Golden Horde could not use it to threaten northern Iran. In the same year, Timur caught Baghdad by surprise in August by marching there in only eight days from Shiraz. Sultan Ahmad Jalayir fled to Syria, where the Mamluk Sultan Barquq protected him and killed Timur 's envoys. Timur left the Sarbadar prince Khwaja Mas'ud to govern Baghdad, but he was driven out when Ahmad Jalayir returned. Ahmad was unpopular but got some dangerous help from Qara Yusuf of the Kara Koyunlu ; he fled again in 1399, this time to the Ottomans. Tokhtamysh -- Timur war In the meantime, Tokhtamysh, now khan of the Golden Horde, turned against his patron and in 1385 invaded Azerbaijan. The inevitable response by Timur resulted in the Tokhtamysh -- Timur war. In the initial stage of the war, Timur won a victory at the Battle of the Kondurcha River. After the battle Tokhtamysh and some of his army were allowed to escape. After Tokhtamysh 's initial defeat, Timur invaded Muscovy to the north of Tokhtamysh 's holdings. Timur 's army burned Ryazan and advanced on Moscow. He was pulled away before reaching the Oka River by Tokhtamysh 's renewed campaign in the south. In the first phase of the conflict with Tokhtamysh, Timur led an army of over 100,000 men north for more than 700 miles into the steppe. He then rode west about 1,000 miles advancing in a front more than 10 miles wide. During this advance, Timur 's army got far enough north to be in a region of very long summer days causing complaints by his Muslim soldiers about keeping a long schedule of prayers. It was then that Tokhtamysh 's army was boxed in against the east bank of the Volga River in the Orenburg region and destroyed at the Battle of the Kondurcha River, in 1391. In the second phase of the conflict, Timur took a different route against the enemy by invading the realm of Tokhtamysh via the Caucasus region. In 1395, Timur defeated Tokhtamysh in the Battle of the Terek River, concluding the struggle between the two monarchs. Tokhtamysh was unable to restore his power or prestige, and he was killed about a decade later in the area of present - day Tyumen. During the course of Timur 's campaigns, his army destroyed Sarai, the capital of the Golden Horde, and Astrakhan, subsequently disrupting the Golden Horde 's Silk Road. The Golden Horde no longer held power after their losses to Timur. Ismailis In May 1393, Timur 's army invaded the Anjudan, crippling the Ismaili village only a year after his assault on the Ismailis in Mazandaran. The village was prepared for the attack, evidenced by its fortress and system of underground tunnels. Undeterred, Timur 's soldiers flooded the tunnels by cutting into a channel overhead. Timur 's reasons for attacking this village are not yet well understood. However, it has been suggested that his religious persuasions and view of himself as an executor of divine will may have contributed to his motivations. The Persian historian Khwandamir explains that an Ismaili presence was growing more politically powerful in Persian Iraq. A group of locals in the region was dissatisfied with this and, Khwandamir writes, these locals assembled and brought up their complaint with Timur, possibly provoking his attack on the Ismailis there. Campaign against the Tughlaq dynasty Timur defeats the Sultan of Delhi, Nasir Al - Din Mahmud Tughluq, in the winter of 1397 -- 1398, painting dated 1595 -- 1600. In 1398, Timur invaded northern India, attacking the Delhi Sultanate ruled by Sultan Nasir - ud - Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq of the Tughlaq Dynasty. He was opposed by Ahirs and faced some reversals from the Jats, but the Sultanate at Delhi did nothing to stop him. After crossing the Indus river on 30 September 1398, he sacked Tulamba and massacred its inhabitants. Then he advanced and captured Multan by October. Timur crossed the Indus River at Attock ( now in Pakistan ) on 24 September 1398. His invasion did not go unopposed and he encountered resistance from the Governor of Meerut during the march to Delhi. Timur was still able to continue his approach to Delhi, arriving in 1398, to fight the armies of Sultan Nasir - ud - Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq, which had already been weakened by a succession struggle within the royal family. Capture of Delhi ( 1398 ) Delhi after sack of Timur Lang, 1398 The battle took place on 17 December 1398. Sultan Nasir - ud - Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq and the army of Mallu Iqbal had war elephants armored with chain mail and poison on their tusks. As his Tatar forces were afraid of the elephants, Timur ordered his men to dig a trench in front of their positions. Timur then loaded his camels with as much wood and hay as they could carry. When the war elephants charged, Timur set the hay on fire and prodded the camels with iron sticks, causing them to charge at the elephants howling in pain : Timur had understood that elephants were easily panicked. Faced with the strange spectacle of camels flying straight at them with flames leaping from their backs, the elephants turned around and stampeded back toward their own lines. Timur capitalized on the subsequent disruption in the forces of Nasir - ud - Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq, securing an easy victory. Nasir - ud - Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq fled with remnants of his forces. Delhi was sacked and left in ruins. Before the battle for Delhi, Timur executed 100,000 captives. The capture of the Delhi Sultanate was one of Timur 's greatest victories, arguably surpassing the likes of Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan because of the harsh conditions of the journey and the achievement of taking down one of the richest cities at the time. After Delhi fell to Timur 's army, uprisings by its citizens against the Turkic - Mongols began to occur, causing a retaliatory bloody massacre within the city walls. After three days of citizens uprising within Delhi, it was said that the city reeked of the decomposing bodies of its citizens with their heads being erected like structures and the bodies left as food for the birds by Timur 's soldiers. Timur 's invasion and destruction of Delhi continued the chaos that was still consuming India, and the city would not be able to recover from the great loss it suffered for almost a century. Campaigns in the levant Timur defeating the Mamluk Sultan Nasir - ad - Din Faraj of Egypt Bayezid I being held captive by Timur Before the end of 1399, Timur started a war with Bayezid I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and the Mamluk sultan of Egypt Nasir - ad - Din Faraj. Bayezid began annexing the territory of Turkmen and Muslim rulers in Anatolia. As Timur claimed sovereignty over the Turkmen rulers, they took refuge behind him. In 1400, Timur invaded Christian Armenia and Georgia. Of the surviving population, more than 60,000 of the local people were captured as slaves, and many districts were depopulated. Then Timur turned his attention to Syria, sacking Aleppo and Damascus. The city 's inhabitants were massacred, except for the artisans, who were deported to Samarkand. Timur cited the killing of Hasan ibn Ali by the Umayyad caliph Muawiyah I and the killing of Husayn ibn Ali by Yazid I as the reason for his massacre of the inhabitants of Damascus. Timur invaded Baghdad in June 1401. After the capture of the city, 20,000 of its citizens were massacred. Timur ordered that every soldier should return with at least two severed human heads to show him. When they ran out of men to kill, many warriors killed prisoners captured earlier in the campaign, and when they ran out of prisoners to kill, many resorted to beheading their own wives. In the meantime, years of insulting letters had passed between Timur and Bayezid. Finally, Timur invaded Anatolia and defeated Bayezid in the Battle of Ankara on 20 July 1402. Bayezid was captured in battle and subsequently died in captivity, initiating the twelve - year Ottoman Interregnum period. Timur 's stated motivation for attacking Bayezid and the Ottoman Empire was the restoration of Seljuq authority. Timur saw the Seljuks as the rightful rulers of Anatolia as they had been granted rule by Mongol conquerors, illustrating again Timur 's interest with Genghizid legitimacy. After the Ankara victory, Timur 's army ravaged Western Anatolia, with Muslim writers complaining that the Timurid army acted more like a horde of savages than that of a civilized conqueror. But Timur did besiege and take the city of Smyrna, a stronghold of the Christian Knights Hospitalers, thus he referred to himself as ghazi or `` Warrior of Islam ''. A mass beheading was carried out in Smyrna by Timur 's soldiers. Timur was furious with the Genoese and Venetians, as their ships ferried the Ottoman army to safety in Thrace. As Lord Kinross reported in The Ottoman Centuries, the Italians preferred the enemy they could handle to the one they could not. Shakh - i Zindeh mosque, Samarkand While Timur invaded Anatolia, Qara Yusuf assaulted Baghdad and captured it in 1402. Timur returned to Persia from Anatolia and sent his grandson Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah to reconquer Baghdad, which he proceeded to do. Timur then spent some time in Ardabil, where he gave Ali Safavi, leader of the Safaviyya, a number of captives. Subsequently, he marched to Khorasan and then to Samarkhand, where he spent nine months celebrating and preparing to invade Mongolia and China. He ruled over an empire that, in modern times, extends from southeastern Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran, through Central Asia encompassing part of Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and even approached Kashgar in China. The conquests of Timur are claimed to have caused the deaths of up to 17 million people, an assertion impossible to verify. Of Timur 's four sons, two ( Jahangir and Umar Shaikh ) predeceased him. His third son, Miran Shah, died soon after Timur, leaving the youngest son, Shah Rukh. Although his designated successor was his grandson Pir Muhammad b. Jahangir, Timur was ultimately succeeded in power by his son Shah Rukh. His most illustrious descendant Babur founded the Islamic Mughal Empire and ruled over most of Afghanistan and North India. Babur 's descendants Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, expanded the Mughal Empire to most of the Indian subcontinent. Markham, in his introduction to the narrative of Clavijo 's embassy, states that, after Timur died, his body `` was embalmed with musk and rose water, wrapped in linen, laid in an ebony coffin and sent to Samarkand, where it was buried ''. His tomb, the Gur - e Amir, still stands in Samarkand, though it has been heavily restored in recent years. Attempts to attack the Ming dynasty Timur had aligned himself with the remnants of the Yuan dynasty in his attempts to conquer Ming China. The fortress at Jiayu Pass was strengthened due to fear of an invasion by Timur. By 1368, Han Chinese forces had driven the Mongols out of China. The first of the new Ming dynasty 's emperors, the Hongwu Emperor, and his son, the Yongle Emperor, produced tributary states of many Central Asian countries. The suzerain - vassal relationship between Ming empire and Timurid existed for a long time. In 1394, Hongwu 's ambassadors eventually presented Timur with a letter addressing him as a subject. He had the ambassadors Fu An, Guo Ji, and Liu Wei detained. Neither Hongwu 's next ambassador, Chen Dewen ( 1397 ), nor the delegation announcing the accession of the Yongle Emperor fared any better. Timur eventually planned to invade China. To this end Timur made an alliance with surviving Mongol tribes based in Mongolia and prepared all the way to Bukhara. Engke Khan sent his grandson Öljei Temür Khan, also known as `` Buyanshir Khan '' after he converted to Islam while at the court of Timur in Samarkand. Death Timur 's mausoleum is located in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Timur preferred to fight his battles in the spring. However, he died en route during an uncharacteristic winter campaign. In December 1404, Timur began military campaigns against Ming China and detained a Ming envoy. He suffered illness while encamped on the farther side of the Syr Daria and died at Farab on February 17, 1405, before ever reaching the Chinese border. After his death the Ming envoys such as Fu An and the remaining entourage were released by his grandson Khalil Sultan. Timur was buried in Gur - i Amir, his mausoleum in Samarkand. Succession Main article : Timurid Empire The Timurid Empire at Timur 's death in 1405 Just before his death, Timur designated his grandson Pir Muhammad ibn Jahangir as his successor. However, his other descendants did not abide by this wish, and spent the next fifteen years engaged in violent infighting. His son Shahrukh Mirza and grandson Khalil Sultan struggled for control until Shahrukh won. Exchanges with Europe Main article : Timurid relations with Europe Letter of Timur to Charles VI of France, 1402, a witness to Timurid relations with Europe. Archives Nationales, Paris. Timur had numerous epistolary and diplomatic exchanges with various European states, especially Spain and France. Relations between the court of Henry III of Castile and that of Timur played an important part in medieval Castilian diplomacy. In 1402, the time of the Battle of Ankara, two Spanish ambassadors were already with Timur : Pelayo de Sotomayor and Fernando de Palazuelos. Later, Timur sent to the court of the Kingdom of León and Castile a Chagatai ambassador named Hajji Muhammad al - Qazi with letters and gifts. In return, Henry III of Castile sent a famous embassy to Timur 's court in Samarkand in 1403 -- 06, led by Ruy González de Clavijo, with two other ambassadors, Alfonso Paez and Gomez de Salazar. On their return, Timur affirmed that he regarded the king of Castile `` as his very own son ''. According to Clavijo, Timur 's good treatment of the Spanish delegation contrasted with the disdain shown by his host toward the envoys of the `` lord of Cathay '' ( i.e., the Yongle Emperor ), the Chinese ruler. Clavijo 's visit to Samarkand allowed him to report to the European audience on the news from Cathay ( China ), which few Europeans had been able to visit directly in the century that had passed since the travels of Marco Polo. The French archives preserve : A 30 July 1402 letter from Timur to Charles VI of France, suggesting that he send traders to Asia. It is written in Persian. A May 1403 letter. This is a Latin transcription of a letter from Timur to Charles VI, and another from Miran Shah, his son, to the Christian princes, announcing their victory over Bayezid I at Smyrna. A copy has been kept of the answer of Charles VI to Timur, dated 15 June 1403. Legacy Inside the mausoleum -- deep niches and diverse muqarnas decorate the inside of the Gur - e Amir. Timur 's legacy is a mixed one. While Central Asia blossomed under his reign, other places, such as Baghdad, Damascus, Delhi and other Arab, Georgian, Persian, and Indian cities were sacked and destroyed and their populations massacred. He was responsible for the effective destruction of the Nestorian Christian Church of the East in much of Asia. Thus, while Timur still retains a positive image in Muslim Central Asia, he is vilified by many in Arabia, Iraq, Persia, and India, where some of his greatest atrocities were carried out. However, Ibn Khaldun praises Timur for having unified much of the Muslim world when other conquerors of the time could not. The next great conqueror of the Middle East, Nader Shah, was greatly influenced by Timur and almost re-enacted Timur 's conquests and battle strategies in his own campaigns. Like Timur, Nader Shah conquered most of Caucasia, Persia, and Central Asia along with also sacking Delhi. Timur 's short - lived empire also melded the Turko - Persian tradition in Transoxiana, and in most of the territories that he incorporated into his fiefdom, Persian became the primary language of administration and literary culture ( diwan ), regardless of ethnicity. In addition, during his reign, some contributions to Turkic literature were penned, with Turkic cultural influence expanding and flourishing as a result. A literary form of Chagatai Turkic came into use alongside Persian as both a cultural and an official language. Emir Timur and his forces advance against the Golden Horde, Khan Tokhtamysh. Tamerlane virtually exterminated the Church of the East, which had previously been a major branch of Christianity but afterwards became largely confined to a small area now known as the Assyrian Triangle. Timur became a relatively popular figure in Europe for centuries after his death, mainly because of his victory over the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid. The Ottoman armies were at the time invading Eastern Europe and Timur was ironically seen as an ally. Timur has now been officially recognized as a national hero in Uzbekistan. His monument in Tashkent now occupies the place where Karl Marx 's statue once stood. Muhammad Iqbal, a philosopher, poet and politician in British India who is widely regarded as having inspired the Pakistan Movement, composed a notable poem entitled Dream of Timur, the poem itself was inspired by a prayer of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II : The Sharif of the Hijaz suffers due to the divisive sectarian schisms of his faith, And lo ! that young Tatar ( Timur ) has boldly re-envisioned magnanimous victories of overwhelming conquest. In 1794, Sake Dean Mahomed published his travel book, The Travels of Dean Mahomet. The book begins with the praise of Genghis Khan, Timur, and particularly the first Mughal emperor, Babur. He also gives important details on the then incumbent Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II. Historical sources Ahmad ibn Arabshah 's work on the Life of Timur The earliest known history of his reign was Nizam ad - Din Shami 's Zafarnama, which was written during Timur 's lifetime. Between 1424 and 1428, Sharaf ad - Din Ali Yazdi wrote a second Zafarnama drawing heavily on Shami 's earlier work. Ahmad ibn Arabshah wrote a much less favorable history in Arabic. Arabshah 's history was translated into Latin by the Dutch Orientalist Jacobus Golius in 1636. As Timurid - sponsored histories, the two Zafarnamas present a dramatically different picture from Arabshah 's chronicle. William Jones remarked that the former presented Timur as a `` liberal, benevolent and illustrious prince '' while the latter painted him as `` deformed and impious, of a low birth and detestable principles ''. Malfuzat - I Tīmūrī The Malfuzat - i Timurī and the appended Tuzūk - i Tīmūrī, supposedly Timur 's own autobiography, are almost certainly 17th - century fabrications. The scholar Abu Taleb Hosayni presented the texts to the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a distant descendant of Timur, in 1637 -- 38, supposedly after discovering the Chagatai language originals in the library of a Yemeni ruler. Due to the distance between Yemen and Timur 's base in Transoxiana and the lack of any other evidence of the originals, most historians consider the story highly implausible, and suspect Hosayni of inventing both the text and its origin story. European views Timur arguably had a significant impact on the Renaissance culture and early modern Europe. His achievements both fascinated and horrified Europeans from the fifteenth century to the early nineteenth century. European views of Timur were mixed throughout the fifteenth century, with some European countries calling him an ally and others seeing him as a threat to Europe because of his rapid expansion and brutality. When Timur captured the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid at Ankara, he was often praised and seen as a trusted ally by European rulers, such as Charles VI of France and Henry IV of England, because they believed he was saving Christianity from the Turkish Empire in the Middle East. Those two kings also praised him because his victory at Ankara allowed Christian merchants to remain in the Middle East and allowed for their safe return home to both France and England. Timur was also praised because it was believed that he helped restore the right of passage for Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Other Europeans viewed Timur as a barbaric enemy who presented a threat to both European culture and the religion of Christianity. His rise to power moved many leaders, such as Henry III of Castile, to send embassies to Samarkand to scout out Timur, learn about his people, make alliances with him, and try to convince him to convert to Christianity in order to avoid war. In the introduction to a 1723 translation of Yazdi 's Zafarnama, the translator wrote : ( M. Petis de la Croix ) tells us, that there are calumnies and impostures, which have been published by authors of romances, and Turkish writers who were his enemies, and envious at his glory : among whom is Ahmed Bin Arabschah... As Timur - Bec had conquered the Turks and Arabians of Syria, and had even taken the Sultan Bajazet prisoner, it is no wonder that he has been misrepresented by the historians of those nations, who, in despite of truth, and against the dignity of history, have fallen into great excesses on this subject. Exhumation and alleged curse Statue of Timur Timur 's body was exhumed from his tomb on 19 June 1941 and his remains examined by the Soviet anthropologist Mikhail M. Gerasimov, Lev V. Oshanin and V. Ia. Zezenkova. It was determined that Timur was a tall and broad - chested man with strong cheek bones. At 5 feet 8 inches ( 1.73 meters ), Timur was tall for his era. The examinations confirmed that Timur was lame and had a withered right arm due to his injuries. His right thighbone had knitted together with his kneecap, and the configuration of the knee joint suggests that he had kept his leg bent at all times and therefore would have had a pronounced limp. Gerasimov reconstructed the likeness of Timur from his skull and found that Timur 's facial characteristics displayed Mongoloid features with some Caucasoid admixture. Oshanin also concluded that Timur 's cranium showed predominately the characteristics of a South Siberian Mongoloid type. It is alleged that Timur 's tomb was inscribed with the words, `` When I rise from the dead, the world shall tremble. '' It is also said that when Gerasimov exhumed the body, an additional inscription inside the casket was found, which read, `` Whomsoever opens my tomb shall unleash an invader more terrible than I. '' In any case, three days after Gerasimov began the exhumation, Adolf Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest military invasion of all time, upon the Soviet Union. Timur was re-buried with full Islamic ritual in November 1942 just before the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad. In the arts Tamburlaine the Great, Parts I and II ( English, 1563 -- 1594 ) : play by Christopher Marlowe Tamerlane ( 1701 ) : play by Nicholas Rowe ( English ) Tamerlano ( 1724 ) : opera by George Frideric Handel, in Italian, based on the 1675 play Tamerlan ou la mort de Bajazet by Jacques Pradon. Bajazet ( 1735 ) : opera by Antonio Vivaldi, portrays the capture of Bayezid I by Timur Il gran Tamerlano ( 1772 ) : opera by Josef Mysliveček that also portrays the capture of Bayezid I by Timur Tamerlane : first published poem of Edgar Allan Poe ( American, 1809 -- 1849 ). Timur is the deposed, blind former King of Tartary and father of the protagonist Calaf in the opera Turandot ( 1924 ) by Giacomo Puccini, libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Tamerlane ( 1928 ) : historical novel by Harold Lamb. Timour appears in the story Lord of Samarkand by Robert E. Howard. Tamerlan : novel by Colombian writer Enrique Serrano in Spanish Tamburlaine : Shadow of God : a BBC Radio 3 play by John Fletcher, broadcast 2008, is a fictitious account of an encounter between Tamburlaine, Ibn Khaldun, and Hafez. Gallery Geometric courtyard surrounding the tomb showing the Iwan, and dome. View of the Registan. Timurid Mosque in Herat. Goharshad Mosque, Timurid architecture Green Mosque ( Balkh ) is a Timurid mosque that inspired Shah Jahan. Bibi - Khanym Mosque Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, a prime example of Timurid architecture. Consorts Timur had forty - three consorts : Turmish Agha, mother of Jahangir Mirza, Jahanshah Mirza and Aka Begi ; Oljay Turkhan Agha ( m. 1357 / 58 ), daughter of Amir Mashlah and granddaughter of Amir Qazaghan ; Saray Mulk Khanum ( m. 1367 ), widow of Amir Husain, and daughter of Qazan Khan ; Islam Agha ( m. 1367 ), widow of Amir Husain, and daughter of Amir Bayan Salduz ; Ulus Agha ( m. 1367 ), widow of Amir Husain, and daughter of Amir Khizr Yasuri ; Dilshad Agha ( m. 1374 ), daughter of Shams ed - Din and his wife Bujan Agha ; Touman Agha ( m. 1377 ), daughter of Amir Musa and his wife Arzu Mulk Agha, daughter of Amir Bayezid Jalayir ; Chulpan Mulk Agha, daughter of Haji Beg of Jetah ; Tukal Khanum ( m. 1395 ), daughter of Mongol Khan Khizr Khawaja Oglan ; Tolun Agha, concubine, and mother of Umar Shaikh Mirza I ; Mengli Agha, concubine, and mother of Miran Shah ibn Timur ; Toghay Turkhan Agha, lady from the Kara Khitai, widow of Amir Husain, and mother of Shahrukh Mirza ibn Timur ; Tughdi Bey Agha, daughter of Aq Sufi Qongirat ; Sultan Aray Agha, a Nukuz lady ; Malikanshah Agha, a Filuni lady ; Khand Malik Agha, mother of Ibrahim Mirza ; Sultan Agha, mother of a son who died in infancy ; His other wives and concubines included : Dawlat Tarkan Agha, Burhan Agha, Jani Beg Agha, Tini Beg Agha, Durr Sultan Agha, Munduz Agha, Bakht Sultan Agha, Nowruz Agha, Jahan Bakht Agha, Nigar Agha, Ruhparwar Agha, Dil Beg Agha, Dilshad Agha, Murad Beg Agha, Piruzbakht Agha, Khoshkeldi Agha, Dilkhosh Agha, Barat Bey Agha, Sevinch Malik Agha, Arzu Bey Agha, Yadgar Sultan Agha, Khudadad Agha, Bakht Nigar Agha, Qutlu Bey Agha, and another Nigar Agha. Descendants of Timur Sons of Timur Jahangir Mirza ibn Timur -- with Turmish Agha ; Umar Shaikh Mirza I -- with Tolun Agha ; Miran Shah ibn Timur -- with Mengli Agha ; Shahrukh Mirza ibn Timur -- with Toghay Turkhan Agha. Daughters of Timur Aka Begi, married to Mohammad Bey, son of Amir Musa -- with Turmish Agha ; unknown, married to Solyman Mirza -- mother unknown ; unknown, married to Cumaleza Mirza -- mother unknown ; Sultan Bakht Begum, married firstly Mohammed Mireke, married secondly, 1389 / 90, Soliman Shah -- with Oljay Turkhan Agha. Sons of Jahangir Muhammad Sultan bin Jahangir Mirza Pir Muhammad bin Jahangir Mirza Sons of Umar Shaikh Mirza I Pir Muhammad ibn Umar Shaikh Mirza I Iskandar ibn Umar Shaikh Mirza I Rustam ibn Umar Shaikh Mirza I Bayqarah ibn Umar Shaikh Mirza I Mansur ibn Bayqarah Husayn ibn Mansur bin Bayqarah Badi ' al - Zaman Muhammed Mu'min Muzaffar Hussein Ibrahim Hussein Sons of Miran Shah Khalil Sultan ibn Miran Shah Abu Bakr ibn Miran Shah Muhammad ibn Miran Shah Abu Sa'id Mirza Umar Shaikh Mirza II Zahir - ud - din Muhammad Babur the Mughals Jahangir Mirza II Sons of Shahrukh Mirza Mirza Muhammad Taraghay -- better known as Ulugh Beg Abdul - Latif Ghiyath - al - Din Baysonqor Ala - ud - Daulah Mirza ibn Baysonqor Ibrahim Mirza Sultan Muhammad ibn Baysonqor Yadigar Muhammad Mirza Abul - Qasim Babur ibn Baysonqor Sultan Ibrahim Mirza Abdullah Mirza Mirza Soyurghatmïsh Khan Mirza Mohammed Juki See also Ahmad Jalayir Global Empire Harold Lamb, author of the historical novel Tamerlane ( 1928 ) List of the Muslim Empires Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent Tamburlaine ( play ) Tamerlane chess Timurid dynasty Timurlengia Notes ^ Jump up to : Muntakhab - ul - Lubab, Khafi Khan Nizam - ul - Mulk, Vol I, p. 49. 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Nationality or Religion : Views of Central Asian Islam Timur Timurid dynasty Preceded by None Timurid Empire 1370 -- 1405 Succeeded by Pir Muhammad ibn Jahangir and Khalil Sultan Timurid Empire Emperors Timur Pir Muhammad ibn Jahangir Khalil Sultan Shah Rukh Ulugh Beg Abdal - Latif Mirza Abdallah Mirza Sultan Muhammad bin Baysonqor Abul - Qasim Babur Mirza Abu Sa'id Mirza Sultan Ahmed Mirza Sultan Mahmud Mirza Mirza Shah Mahmud Ibrahim Mirza bin Ala - ud - Daulah Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara Yadgar Muhammad Mirza Badi ' al - Zaman Mirza Battles and conflicts Battle of Ankara ( 1402 ) Battle of Ab Darrah Pass ( 1511 ) Battle of Akhsi ( 1502 - 03 ) Battle of Algami Canal ( 1402 ) Battle of Bajaur ( 1519 ) Battle of Damghan ( 1447 ) Battle of Farhadgerd ( 1449 ) Battle of Ghazdewan ( 1512 ) Battle of Nakhchivan ( 1406 ) Battle of Nishapur ( 1447 ) Battle of Qalat - i - Ghilzai ( 1505 ) Battle of Qara - Derrah Pass ( 1395 ) Battle of Qarabagh ( 1469 ) Battle of Sar - e-Pul ( 1501 ) Battle of Sarakhs ( 1459 ) Battle of Tarnab ( 1448 ) Battle of the Chirciq River ( 1488 ) Battle of the Kondurcha River ( 1391 ) Battle of the Terek River ( 1395 ) Siege of Balkh ( 1370 ) Siege of Balkh ( 1447 ) Siege of Herat ( 1448 ) Siege of Kabul ( 1504 ) Siege of Samarkand ( 1494 ) Siege of Samarkand ( 1497 ) Siege of Samarkand ( 1501 ) Siege of Shahrukhiya ( 1461 ) Timurid Civil Wars Battle of Damghan ( 1447 ) Battle of Nishapur ( 1447 ) Battle of Tarnab ( 1448 ) Occupation of Balkh ( 1447 ) Revolt of Abdal - Latif Mirza ( 1449 ) Siege of Balkh ( 1447 ) Siege of Herat ( 1448 ) Urdu Bazar Revolt ( 1447 ) Architecture Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi Bibi - Khanym Mosque See also Turko - Persian tradition Timurid dynasty family tree Ottoman Interregnum Background Rise of the Ottoman Empire Murad I Bayezid I Siege of Constantinople ( 1394 -- 1402 ) Crusade of Nicopolis Timur Battle of Ankara Events Siege of Smyrna Battle of Tripolje Treaty of Gallipoli Battle of Ermeni - beli Battle of Ulubad Battle of Karasi Battle of Kosmidion Battle of Edirne Siege of Constantinople ( 1411 ) Treaty of Selymbria Battle of İnceğiz Battle of Çamurlu Ottoman princes and leaders Mehmed I Süleyman Çelebi İsa Çelebi Musa Çelebi Mustafa Çelebi Çandarlı Ali Pasha Imamzade Halil Pasha Bayezid Pasha Evrenos Pasha Yiğit Bey Mihaloğlu Mehmed Bey Turahan Bey Sheikh Bedreddin Neighbouring rulers and leaders Junayd Bey ( Aydın ) Manuel II Palaiologos ( Byzantine Empire ) John VII Palaiologos ( Byzantine Empire ) Demetrios Laskaris Leontares ( Byzantine Empire ) Nasireddin Mehmed Bey ( Dulkadir ) Yakup II ( Germiyan ) Philibert de Naillac ( Hospitallers ) İsfendiyar Bey Mehmed II ( Karaman ) Stefan Lazarević ( Serbia ) Đurađ Branković ( Serbia ) Mircea I ( Wallachia ) Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Ancestor Qutalmish Founder Suleyman I Capital İznik, then Konya Important centers and extension Konya Kayseri Sivas ( 1175 ) Malatya ( 1178 ) Alanya Antalya Dynasty Suleyman I ( 1077 -- 1086 ) Kilij Arslan I ( 1092 -- 1107 ) Melikshah ( 1107 -- 1116 ) Mesud I ( 1116 -- 1156 ) Kilij Arslan II ( 1156 -- 1192 ) Kaykhusraw I ( 1192 -- 1196 ) Süleymanshah II ( 1196 -- 1204 ) Kilij Arslan III ( 1204 -- 1205 ) Kaykhusraw I ( 2nd reign ) ( 1205 -- 1211 ) Kaykaus I ( 1211 -- 1220 ) Kayqubad I ( 1220 -- 1237 ) Kaykhusraw II ( 1237 -- 1246 ) Kaykaus II ( 1246 -- 1260 ) Kilij Arslan IV ( 1248 -- 1265 ) Kayqubad II ( 1249 -- 1257 ) Kaykhusraw III ( 1265 -- 1282 ) Mesud II ( 1282 -- 1284 ) Kayqubad III ( 1284 ) Mesud II ( 2nd reign ) ( 1284 -- 1293 ) Kayqubad III ( 2nd reign ) ( 1293 -- 1294 ) Mesud II ( 3rd reign ) ( 1294 -- 1301 ) Kayqubad III ( 3rd reign ) ( 1301 -- 1303 ) Mesud II ( 4th reign ) ( 1303 -- 1307 ) Mesud III ( 1307 ) Chronology 1243 Gradually vassalized to the Mongol Empire after the defeat suffered in the Battle of Köse Dağ 1307 Taken over by the Karamanids Palaces and castles Seljuk Palace in Konya ( 1190 -- 1220 ) Kubadabad Palace in Beyşehir ( 1220 -- 1230 ) Keykubadiye Palace in Kayseri ( 1220 -- 1230 ) Alanya Kızıl Kule ( Red Tower ) and Shipyard constructions and widescale extension of Alanya Castle Külliye ( `` complexes '' ) and dar al - shifa ( hospitals ) and medrese ( schools ) and mosques : Gevher Nesibe Külliye with Medical Center and Medical School and Mosque in Kayseri ( 1204 -- 1210 ) Battal Gazi Külliye in Seyitgazi ( 1208 ) Karatay Medrese in Konya ( 1225 ) Ince Minaret Medrese in Konya ( 1258 -- 1279 ) Atabeg Ferruh Darüşşifa in Çankırı ( 1236 ) Alâeddin Keykubad I Darüşşifa in Konya ( 1237 ) Torumtay Darüşşifa in Amasya ( 1266 ) Izzeddin Keykavus I Şifaiye Medrese and Medical Center ( Darüşşifa ) in Sivas ( 1218 ) Gökmedrese in Sivas ( 1271 ) Çifte Minaret Medrese in Sivas ( 1271 ) Alaeddin Mosque in Konya ( 1220 ) Alâeddin Mosque in Niğde ( 1220 ) Great Mosque of Malatya in Eskimalatya ( Battalgazi ) ( 1224 ) Hüsameddin Temurlu castle, caravanseai and medrese in Kalehisar, Alaca ( ~ 1250 ) Havadan Külliye in Develi ( ~ 1300 ) Caravanserais Ağzıkara Han caravanserai near Aksaray ( 1237 ) Ak Han caravanserai near Denizli ( 1254 ) Alaca Han caravanserai in Alacahan ( ~ 1280 ) Alara Han caravanserai near Manavgat Alay Han caravanserai near Aksaray ( 1190 ) Altınapa Han caravanserai between Beyşehir and Konya ( 1201 ) Angit Han caravanserai between Konya and Akşehir ( 1201 ) Burma Han caravanserai in Divriği ( 13th century ) Çakallı Han caravanserai near Samsun ( ~ 1250 ) Çardak Han ( Hanabad ) caravanserai in Çardak ( 1230 ) Çay Han caravanserai in Çay ( 1279 ) Dokuzun Han caravanserai in Konya ( 1210 ) Eğirdir Han caravanserai in Eğirdir ( 1238 ) Ertokuş Han caravanserai near Eğirdir ( 1224 ) Eshab - i Kehf Han caravanserai near Afşin -- Elbistan ( ~ 1225 ) Evdir Han caravanserai near Antalya ( 1224 ) Ezinepazar Han caravanserai near Amasya ( 1246 ) Goncalı Akhan caravanserai between Konya and Aksaray Hatun Han caravanserai between Amasya and Tokat Hekim Han caravanserai in Hekimhan ( 1220 ) Horozlu Han caravanserai near Konya ( 1249 ) Incir Han caravanserai near Bucak ( 1239 ) Kadın Han caravanserai in Kadınhanı ( 1223 ) Karatay Han caravanserai near Pınarbaşı ( 1241 ) Kargı Han caravanserai near Antalya ( 1246 ) Kesikköprü Han caravanserai near Kırşehir ( 1268 ) Kırkgöz Han caravanserai near Antalya ( 1246 ) Kızılören Han caravanserai near Konya ( 1206 ) Kuruçeşme Han caravanserai near Konya ( 1210 ) Melleç Han caravanserai near Anamur ( 13th century ) Mirçinge Han caravanserai near Divriği ( 13th century ) Obruk Han caravanserai near Konya ( 1230 ) Öresin Han caravanserai near Aksaray ( ~ 1275 ) Pazar Han caravanserai near Tokat ( 1239 ) Zazadın Han caravanserai near Konya ( 1236 ) Şarapsa Han caravanserai near Alanya ( 1246 ) Sarı Han caravanserai near Ürgüp ( 1249 ) Sevserek Han caravanserai between Malatya and Pötürge ( 13th century ) Sultan Han caravanserai between Konya and Aksaray ( 1229 ) Sultan Han caravanserai near Bünyan between Kayseri and Sivas ( 1236 ) Susuz Han caravanserai near Bucak ( 1246 ) Anatolian beyliks Tzachas ( 1081 - 1092 ) Founder Tzachas Capital İzmir Chronology 1082 Submitted to the Seljuks of Turkey Important centers and extension : Ephesus Lesbos Chios Shah - Armens ( 1100 -- 1207 ) Founder Sökmen el Kutbi Capital Ahlat Chronology 1207 Submitted to the Ayyoubids Important centers and extension : Silvan Malazgirt Erciş Adilcevaz Başkale Eleşkirt Van Tatvan Bitlis Muş Hani Dynasty : Sökmen el Kutbi ( 1100 -- 1112 ) Ibrahim bin Sökmen ( ? - ? ) Ahmed bin Ibrahim ( ? - ? ) Sökmen the Second ( 1128 -- 1185 ) Seyfeddin Begtimur ( 1185 -- 1193 ) Aksungur ( 1193 -- 1197 ) Muhammed bin Begtimur ( 1185 -- 1207 ) Important works : Ahlat Tombs Artuqids ( 1102 - ) Ancestors Eksük and his son Artuk, from Döğer Oghuz Türkmen clan Founder Muinüddin Sökmen Bey Capitals Three branches in Hasankeyf, Mardin and Harput Important centers and extension : Diyarbakır Hasankeyf Silvan Mardin Midyat Harput Palu Aleppo ( temporarily in 1117 ) Hasankeyf Dynasty or Sökmenli Dynasty : Müinüddin Sökmen Bey ( 1102 -- 1104 ) Sökmenli Ibrahim Bey ( 1104 -- 1131 ) Mardin Dynasty or Ilgazi Dynasty : Necmeddin Ilgazi ( 1106 -- 1122 ) Hüsameddin Timurtaş ( 1122 -- 1154 ) Necmeddin Alp ( 1154 -- 1176 ) Harput Dynasty : Belek Bey ( 1112 -- 1124 ) Nureddin Muhammed ( ? - ? ) Sökmen the Second ( ? - ? ) Important works : Artuqid Palace in Diyarbakır Widescale extension of Diyarbakır City Walls Malabadi Bridge Hasankeyf Bridge Sökmenli Nasirüddevle Bîmaristan - ı Farukî Medical Center ( Darüşşifa ) in Silvan ( 1108 ) Emineddin ( brother of Ilgazi ) Medical Center ( Darüşşifa ) in Mardin ( built between 1122 ) Great Mosque of Silvan Great Mosque of Mardin Older Great Mosque of Midyat ( Cami - i Kebir ) Great Mosque of Kızıltepe Great Mosque of Harput Artuqid Caravanserai in Mardin Ibrahim Shah Caravanserai near Keban between Elazığ and Çemişgezek Danishmends ( 1071 -- 1178 ) Founder Danishmend Gazi Capitals Sivas Niksar Chronology 1175 Capital city of Sivas incorporated into the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum 1178 Malatya branch incorporated into the Seljuk Sultanate Important centers and extension : Sivas Niksar Malatya Kayseri Tokat Amasya Kastamonu Ankara Dynasty : Danishmend Gazi ( 1071 -- 1105 ) Emir Gazi Gümüştekin ( 1105 -- 1134 ) Melik Mehmed ( 1134 -- 1146 ) Yağıbasan ( 1146 -- 1164 ) Melik Ismail ( 1164 -- 1175 ) Important works : Great Mosque of Niksar Great Mosque of Kayseri Kayseri Kölük Mosque Danishmend Gazi Tomb ( Melik Gazi Tomb ) in Niksar Denishmend Melik Mehmed Gazi Tomb in Kayseri Mengujekids ( 1071 -- 1277 ) Founder Mengücek Bey Capitals Erzincan, later also Divriği Important centers and extension : Erzincan Divriği Kemah Şebinkarahisar Dynasty : Mengücek Bey ( 1071 -- 1118 ) Mengücekli Ishak Bey ( 1118 -- 1120 ) 1120 -- 1142 Temporarily incorporated into the Beylik of Danishmends Erzincan and Kemah Branch Mengücekli Davud Shah ( 1142 - ? ) 1228 Incorporation into the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Divriği Branch Mengücekli Süleyman Shah ( 1142 - ? ) 1277 Beylik destroyed by Abaka Important works : Divriği Great Mosque and Divriği Turan Melek Sultan Medical Center ( Darüşşifa ) ( 1229 ) Kale Mosque in Divriği Saltukids ( 1072 -- 1202 ) Founder Saltuk Bey Capital Erzurum Chronology 1202 Incorporation into the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Important centers and extension : Erzurum Tercan Dynasty : Saltuk Bey ( 1072 -- 1102 ) Ali bin Ebu'l - Kâsım ( 1102 - ~ 1124 ) Ziyâüddin Gazi ( ~ 1124 -- 1132 ) Izzeddin Saltuk ( 1132 -- 1168 ) Nâsırüddin Muhammed ( 1168 -- 1191 ) Mama Hatun ( 1191 -- 1200 ) Melikshah bin Muhammed ( 1200 -- 1202 ) Important works : Great Mosque of Erzurum Emir Saltuk Tomb in Erzurum Mama Hatun Caravanserai in Tercan Mama Hatun Tomb in Tercan Kale Mosque in Erzurum Erzurum Medical Center ( Darüşşifa ) ( 1147 ) Aydinids ( 1307 -- 1425 ) Founder Aydınoğlu Mehmed Bey Capitals Birgi, later Ayasluğ Important centers and extension : Tire İzmir Alaşehir Aydın Sakız / Chios ( between 1336 -- 1344 ) Dynasty : Aydınoğlu Mehmed Bey ( 1307 -- 1334 ) Umur Beg ( 1334 -- 1348 ) Aydınoğlu Hızır Bey ( ? - ? ) Aydınoğlu Isa Bey ( - 1390 ) Events 1390 First period of incorporation ( by marriage ) into the Ottoman Empire under Bayezid I the Thunderbolt 1402 -- 1414 Second period of Beylik reconstituted by Tamerlane to Aydınoğlu Musa Bey ( 1402 -- 1403 ) Aydınoğlu Umur Bey ( 1403 -- 1405 ) İzmiroğlu Cüneyd Bey ( 1405 -- 1425 with intervals ) 1425 Second and last incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Ottoman realm under Murad II Important works : Isabey Mosque in Selçuk ( 1375 ) Isfendiyarids ( ~ 1300 -- 1461 ) Founder Şemseddin Yaman Candar, commander of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Capital Kastamonu Chronology 1392 Incorporation ( by conquest ) of Kastamonu branch into the Ottoman Empire under Bayezid I Important centers and extension : Sinop Eflani Çankırı Kalecik Tosya Araç Samsun ( temporarily ) Dynasty : Candaroğlu Süleyman Pasha ( 1309 - ~ 1340 ) Candaroğlu Ibrahim Bey ( 1340 -- 1345 ) Candaroğlu Adil Bey ( 1340 -- 1361 ) Celaleddin Bayezid ( 1361 -- 1385 ) Candaroğlu Süleyman Pasha the Second ( 1384 -- 1392 ) Sinop Dynasty or Isfendiyarid Dynasty : Isfendiyar Bey ( 1385 -- 1440 ) Taceddin Ibrahim Bey ( 1440 -- 1443 ) Kemaleddin Ismail Bey ( 1443 -- 1461 ) Chronology 1461 Incorporation ( by surrender ) of Sinop branch into the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II Chobanids ( 1227 -- 1309 ) Founder Hüsamettin Çoban Bey, commander from Kayı Oghuz clan of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Capital Kastamonu Chronology 1309 Incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Beylik of Isfendiyarids Important centers and extension : Kastamonu Taşköprü Dynasty : Hüsamettin Çoban Bey ( 1309 - ? ) Alp Yürek ( ? - ? ) Muzafferüddin Yavlak Arslan ( ? - ? ) Çobanoğlu Mahmud Bey ( ? - 1309 ) Dulkadirids ( 1348 - ~ 1525 ) Ancestor Hasan Dulkadir Founder Zeyneddin Karaca Bey Capital Elbistan Chronology 1443 -- 1525 Increasingly tributary and gradually incorporated into the Ottoman Empire Important centers and extension : Maraş Malatya Harput Kayseri Antep Dynasty : Zeyneddin Karaca Bey ( 1348 -- 1348 ) Dulkadiroğlu Halil Bey ( 1348 -- 1386 ) Sûli Bey ( 1386 -- 1396 ) Nâsıreddin Mehmed Bey ( 1396 -- 1443 ) Dulkadiroğlu Süleyman Bey ( 1443 -- 1454 ) Melik Arslan ( ? - ? ) Shah Budak ( ? - 1492 ) Şahsuvar ( ? - ? ) Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey ( 1492 -- 1507 ) Şahsuvaroğlu Ali Bey ( 1507 - ~ 1525 ) Eretnids ( 1328 -- 1381 ) Founder Eretna Bey, brother - in - law of the Ilkhanid governor for Anatolia, Timurtash Capital Sivas, later Kayseri Chronology 1326 Beylik replaced by Mehmed Bey 's chancellor Kadı Burhaneddin Important centers and extension : Sivas Kayseri Niğde Tokat Amasya Erzincan Şebinkarahisar Niksar Dynasty : Eretna Bey ( 1328 -- 1352 ) Gıyasüddin Mehmed Bey ( 1352 -- 1365 ) Alâeddin Ali Bey ( 1365 -- 1380 ) Mehmed Bey the Second ( 1380 -- 1381 ) Eshrefids ( 1288 -- 1326 ) Founder Seyfeddin Süleyman Bey, regent to the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Capital Beyşehir Chronology 1326 Beylik destroyed by Demirtaş, the Ilkhanid governor for Anatolia Important centers and extension : Beyşehir Akşehir Bolvadin Dynasty : Seyfeddin Süleyman Bey ( 1288 -- 1302 ) Eşrefoğlu Mehmed Bey ( 1302 -- 1320 ) Eşrefoğlu Süleyman Bey the Second ( 1320 -- 1326 ) Important works : Eşrefoğlu Mosque in Beyşehir ( 1299 ) Germiyanids ( 1300 -- 1429 ) Ancestor Kerimüddin Alişir Founder Germiyanlı Yakub Bey the First Capital Kütahya Important centers and extension : Kula ( District ), Manisa Simav Yenicekent Yenicekent ( Beylik of Lâdik between 1300 -- 1368 ) Dynasty : Germiyanlı Yakub Bey the First ( 1300 -- 1340 ) Germiyanlı Mehmed Bey ( 1340 -- 1361 ) Germiyanlı Süleyman Shah ( 1361 -- 1387 ) Chronology 1390 First period of incorporation ( by legation ) into the Ottoman Empire under Murad I 1402 -- 1414 Second period of Beylik restituted by Tamerlane to Germiyanoğlu Yakub Bey the Second ( 1402 -- 1429 ) 1414 Recognition of Ottoman sovereignty by Germiyanoğlu Yakub Bey the Second under Mehmed I 1429 Second and last incorporation ( by legation ) into the Ottoman realm under Murad II Hamidids ( ~ 1280 -- 1374 ) Ancestors Hamid and his son Ilyas Bey, frontier rulers under Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Founder Hamidoğlu Feleküddin Dündar Bey Capital Isparta Chronology 1374 Incorporation ( by sale of territories ) into the Ottoman Empire under Murad I and also partially to the Karamanid dynasty. Important centers and extension : Eğirdir Uluborlu Gölhisar Korkuteli and Antalya transferred in 1301 to Dündar Bey 's brother Tekeoğlu Yunus Bey Dynasty : Hamidoğlu Feleküddin Dündar Bey ( ~ 1280 -- 1324 ) Hamidoğlu Hızır Bey ( 1324 -- 1330 ) Hamidoğlu Necmeddin Ishak Bey ( ? - ? ) Hamidoğlu Muzafferüddin Mustafa Bey ( ? - ? ) Hamidoğlu Hüsameddin Ilyas Bey ( ? - ? ) Hamidoğlu Kemaleddin Hüseyin Bey ( ? - 1391 ) Karamanids ( ~ 1250 -- 1487 ) Ancestor Nure Sûfi from Afshar Oghuz clan Founder Kerimeddin Karaman Bey Capitals successively Ereğli Ermenek Larende ( Karaman ) Konya Mut Chronology 1398 -- 1402 First incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Ottoman Empire under Bayezid I 1402 -- 1414 Second period of Beylik restituted by Tamerlane 1414 -- 1487 Gradual second incorporation into the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed I, Murad II and Mehmed II. Dynasty : Kerîmeddin Karaman ( 1256 -- 1261 ) Mehmet I ( 1261 -- 1283 ) Güneri ( 1283 -- 1300 ) Bedreddin Mahmut ( 1300 -- 1308 ) Yahşı Han ( 1308 -- 1312 ) Bedreddin Ibrahim I ( 1312 -- 1333 ) Alâeddin Halil Mirza ( 1333 -- 1348 ) Bedreddin Ibrahim I, 2nd reign ( 1348 -- 1349 ) Fahreddin Ahmed ( 1349 -- 1350 ) Şemseddin ( 1350 -- 1351 ) Burhaneddin Musa ( 1351 -- 1356 ) Seyfeddin Süleyman ( 1356 -- 1357 ) Alâeddin Ali ( 1357 -- 1398 ) Nasreddin Mehmed Bey ( 1398 -- 1399 ) Sultanzâde Mehmet II ( 1398 -- 1399, 1402 -- 1420, 1421 -- 1423 ) Bengi Alâeddin Ali ( 1418 -- 1424 ) Ibrahim II ( 1424 -- 1464 ) Sultanzâde Ishak ( 1464 ) Sultanzâde Pîr Ahmed ( 1464 -- 1469 ) Kasım ( 1469 -- 1483 ) Turgutoğlu Mahmud Bey ( 1483 -- 1487 ) Karasids ( 1303 -- 1360 ) Ancestor Melik Danişmend Gazi Founder Karesi Bey Capital Balıkesir Chronology 1374 Incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Ottoman Beylik under Orhan and Murad I Important centers and extension : Aydıncık Bergama Edremit Bigadiç Ezine Dynasty : Karesi Bey ( 1307 -- 1328 ) Demir Han ( 1328 -- 1345 ) Yahşı Han ( 1328 -- 1345 ) Süleyman Bey ( 1345 -- 1360 ) Ladik ( ~ 1300 -- 1368 ) Ancestor Germiyanlı Ali Bey Founder Inanç Bey Capital Denizli Chronology 1368 Re-incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Beylik of Germiyan Important centers and extension : Denizli Dynasty : Inanç Bey ( ~ 1300 - ~ 1314 ) Murad Arslan ( ~ 1314 - ? ) Inançoğlu Ishak Bey ( ? - ~ 1360 ) Süleyman Bey ( 1345 -- 1368 ) Menteshe ( ~ 1261 -- 1424 ) Founder Menteshe Bey Capitals Beçin castle and nearby Milas, later also Balat Important centers and extension present - day Muğla Province Muğla Finike Kaş Çameli Acıpayam Tavas Bozdoğan Çine temporarily Aydın and Güzelhisar, also Rhodes between 1300 -- 1314 Dynasty : Menteshe Bey ( ~ 1261 - ~ 1282 ) Mesut ( ~ 1282 - ~ 1320 ) Orhan ( ~ 1320 - ~ 1340 ) Ibrahim ( ~ 1340 - ~ 1360 ) Chronology 1360 Division between the three sons of Ibrahim Bey : Musa, Mehmed, Ahmed 1390 First incorporation into the Ottoman Empire under Bayezid I the Thunderbolt 1402 -- 1414 Beylik reconstituted by Tamerlane to Ilyas Bey 1414 Recognition of Ottoman suzereignty under Mehmed I 1424 Final incorporation into the Ottoman realm under Murad II Important works : Firuz Bey Mosque in Milas İlyas Bey Mosque in Didim Great Mosque of Muğla ( 1344 ) Vakıflar Hamam ( Turkish bath ) in Muğla ( 1334 ) Pervâneoğlu ( 1261 -- 1322 ) Ancestor Mühezzibeddin Ali Kâşî ( vizier of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum ) Founder Süleyman Pervâne Capital Sinop Chronology 1516 Incorporation into the Beylik of Isfendiyarids Important centers and extension : Sinop Dynasty : Süleyman Pervâne ( 1261 -- 1277 ) Pervâneoğlu Mehmed Bey ( 1277 -- 1296 ) Pervâneoğlu Mesud Bey ( 1296 -- 1300 ) Pervâneoğlu Gazi Çelebi ( 1300 -- 1326 ) Important works Muîneddin Pervâne Medical Center ( Darüşşifa ) in Tokat ( 1276 ) Pervâne Medrese in Sinop Durağan Han caravanserai in Durağan ( 1266 ) Eğret Han caravanserai near İhsaniye ( 1278 ) Pervâne Bey Medrese in Closed Bazaar in Kayseri Mosque in Merzifon Ramadanids ( 1352 -- 1516 ) Founder Ramazan Bey from Yüreğir Oghuz clan Capitals Adana Chronology 1516 Icorporation ( by submission ) into the Ottoman Empire under Selim I 1516 -- 1608 Dynasty members as Beys of Ottoman sanjak of Adana until 1608. Important centers and extension : Adana Tarsus Dynasty : Ibrahim Bey ( 1344 - ? ) Ahmed Bey ( ? - 1416 ) Ibrahim Bey ( 1416 -- 1417 ) Hamza Bey ( 1417 -- 1427 ) Mehmed Bey ( 1427 - ? ) Eyluk Bey ( ? - ? ) Dündar Bey ( ? - ? ) Omer Bey ( ? - 1490 ) Giyas al - Din Halil Bey ( 1490 -- 1511 ) Hahmud Bey ( 1511 -- 1516 ) Selim Bey ( ? - ? ) Kubad Bey ( 1517 - ? ) Sahib Ataids ( 1275 -- 1341 ) Founder Sahib Ata Fahreddin Ali, vizier of the Seljuk Sultanate of Rum Capital Afyonkarahisar Chronology 1341 Incorporation into the Beylik of Germiyan Important centers and extension : Akşehir Beyşehir Sandıklı Denizli Dynasty Sahib Ata Fahreddin Ali ( 1275 -- 1288 ) and sons Nusreddin Ahmed ( 1288 -- 1341 ) Important works : Sâhib Ata Caravanserai in Sultandağı Sarukhanids ( 1302 -- 1410 ) Founder Saruhan Bey Capital Manisa Important centers and extension : Demirci Nif ( Kemalpaşa ) Akhisar Gördes Menemen Dynasty Saruhan Bey ( 1302 -- 1345 ) Fahreddin Ilyas Bey Muzafferuddin Ishak Bey ( - 1388 ) Hızır Shah ( 1388 -- 1390 ) Chronology 1390 First period of incorporation ( by submission ) into the Ottoman Empire under Bayezid I the Thunderbolt 1402 -- 1410 Second period of Beylik restituted by Tamerlane to Saruhanoğlu Orhan Bey ( 1402 -- 1403 ) Hızır Shah ( 1403 -- 1410 ) 1410 Second and last incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Ottoman realm under Mehmed I Teke ( 1301 -- 1423 ) Ancestors Hamidoğlu dynasty Founder Tekeoğlu Yunus Bey Capitals Antalya Korkuteli Important centers and extension : Antalya ( lost to the Kingdom of Cyprus between 1361 -- 1373 ) Teke Peninsula Dynasty : Tekeoğlu Yunus Bey ( 1301 - ? ) Tekeoğlu Mehmud Bey ( ? - 1327 ) Tekeoğlu Hızır Bey ( ? - ? ) Tekeoğlu Dadı Bey ( ? - ? ) Zincirkıran Mehmed Bey ( ~ 1360 - ~ 1375 ) Tekeoğlu Osman Bey ( ~ 1375 -- 1390 ) Chronology 1390 First period of incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Ottoman Empire under Bayezid I the Thunderbolt 1402 -- 1423 Second period of Beylik restituted by Tamerlane to Tekeoğlu Osman Bey ( 1402 -- 1423 ) 1423 Second and last incorporation ( by conquest ) into the Ottoman realm under Murad II Important works : Yivli Minare Mosque in Antalya ( ~ 1375 ) WorldCat Identities BNE : XX1289010 BNF : cb11939835h ( data ) GND : 118622803 ISNI : 0000 0001 2136 280X LCCN : n50015000 LNB : 000197177 NDL : 00621564 NKC : jn20000720307 SELIBR : 259304 SNAC : w6418r4b SUDOC : 027333868 VIAF : 63984707 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timur&oldid=865969795 '' Categories : Timur 1336 births 1405 deaths Muslim monarchs Genocide perpetrators Samarkand Royalty and nobility with disabilities Hidden categories : CS1 Hindi - language sources ( hi ) All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from May 2012 CS1 maint : Unfit url Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages Articles with short description Articles containing Persian - language text Articles containing Chagatay - language text Articles needing additional references from December 2015 All articles needing additional references All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2012 All articles lacking reliable references Articles lacking reliable references from May 2013 Articles with unsourced statements from April 2013 Articles with unsourced statements from September 2014 Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica Articles with Encyclopædia Britannica links Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with LNB identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC - ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Wikiquote Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Aragonés Asturianu Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه বাংলা Bân - lâm - gú Башҡортса Беларуская Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Български Bosanski Brezhoneg Буряад Català Чӑвашла Čeština Cymraeg Dansk Deutsch Eesti Ελληνικά Español Esperanto Euskara فارسی Fiji Hindi Français Frysk Gaeilge Galego 한국어 Հայերեն हिन्दी Hrvatski Ilokano Bahasa Indonesia Interlingua Ирон Íslenska Italiano עברית ಕನ್ನಡ ქართული Қазақша Kiswahili Kurdî Кыргызча Лезги لۊری شومالی Latina Latviešu Lietuvių Ligure Magyar मैथिली Македонски Malagasy മലയാളം मराठी მარგალური مصرى مازِرونی Bahasa Melayu Baso Minangkabau Монгол Nederlands नेपाल भाषा 日本 語 Нохчийн Norsk Norsk nynorsk Occitan Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پنجابی پښتو Piemontèis Plattdüütsch Polski Português Română Русиньскый Русский Саха тыла संस्कृतम् Scots Shqip Sicilianu Simple English سنڌي Slovenčina Slovenščina Soomaaliga کوردی Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska Tagalog தமிழ் Татарча / tatarça తెలుగు ไทย Тоҷикӣ Türkçe Українська اردو ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche Tiếng Việt Võro Winaray 吴语 ייִדיש 粵語 Zazaki Žemaitėška 中文 Kabɩyɛ Lingua Franca Nova 114 more Edit links This page was last edited on 27 October 2018, at 11 : 05 ( UTC ). 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Question: who was the sultan off delhi when timur invaded the city
Answer: Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq of the Tughlaq Dynasty