Claim: Timur was only ever a peasant.
Evidence: As the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia he became the first ruler in the Timurid dynasty.
The Timurid dynasty , self-designated as Gurkani -LRB- گورکانیان , Gūrkāniyān -RRB- , was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or clan of Turco-Mongol lineage descended from the warlord Timur -LRB- also known as Tamerlane -RRB-.