[DOC] [TLE] Timurid Architecture in Samarkand [PAR] By the time of Timur, Mongol power in the Chagatay ulus was severely weakened
. ... From his new royal capital, the lame conqueror set out to subjugate the rest of 
... His capture of Delhi in 1398 and subsequent proclamation as Emperor of .... 
There are too many Timurid monuments in Samarkand to examine in one paper. [DOC] [TLE] Timur - Wikipedia [PAR] Timur historically known as Tamerlane was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the 
founder of the ... Timur envisioned the restoration of the Mongol Empire of 
Genghis Khan. ..... So he proceeded to capture the rest of Persia, specifically the 
two major .... His tomb, the Gur-e Amir, still stands in Samarkand, though it has 
been... [DOC] [TLE] Gur Emir Mausoleum, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 171 insider tips ... [PAR] I think that you know already the famous legend about the tomb and the IIWV. ... 
Samarkand's Gur Emir -the Ruler's Tomb - is both magnificent and restrained, ... 
in 1941 by a Soviet anthropologist, who proved that Timur was indeed lame. ... 
Ulug Beg brought it back from Mongolia in 1425 to cover his grandfather's grave. [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 12 [PAR] During the 13th century, Genghis Khan and his Mongolian hordes swept through 
the ... the Lame), a general of Mongolian-Turkic origin, succeeded in conquering 
most of Central Asia. ... The ancient city of Samarkand became his showcase 
capital. ... The Tomb of Humayun commands a vast chahar bagh, a walled 
paradise... [DOC] [TLE] Timur of Samarqand | History of Islam [PAR] After the death of Genghiz Khan, his vast empire was divided into four major 
regions. ... Only Mongolia and China remained outside the fold of Islam and the 
Ka-Khans .... for whom the beautiful tomb of Bibi Khanum in Samarqand is 
named. ... rest of his life and earned him the title, Timurlane (Timur Leng, or Timur 
the Lame). [DOC] [TLE] Timur - Science, civilization and society [PAR] Timur was a member of the Barlas tribe, a Mongol clans-group that had ... In 1357 
Transoxania's ruler died, and the country and its capital Samarkand were ... 
populations massacred and their skulls used to built towers as monuments of 
victory. ... was returned to Samarkand and buried in the magnificent tomb Gur-e 
Amir. [DOC] [TLE] Timur | Turkic conqueror | Britannica.com [PAR] After the death in 1357 of Transoxania's current ruler, Amir Kazgan, Timur 
declared his ... sovereign of the Chagatai line of khans and restorer of the Mongol 
empire. ... and sent to Samarkand, where it was buried in the sumptuous tomb 
called ... The name Timur Lenk signified Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used 
by his... [DOC] [TLE] Wednesday University Lecture 5 - University of Washington [PAR] Mar 16, 2002 ... Samarkand and the Silk Road in the Time of the Timurids and Their Heirs .... Most 
of the major tombs date from the time of Tamerlane, beginning in the ... to the rise 
of Timur (commonly known as Tamerlane--Timur the Lame) (*) .... of all the 
Mongol Empire's major divisions by decimating its cities in 1395. [DOC] [TLE] Death of Tamerlane | History Today [PAR] In Europe the name Timur iLeng, Timur the Lame, became Tamerlane or 
Tamburlaine. ... In 1941 his tomb was opened by a Soviet archaeologist, Mikhail 
Gerasimov, who ... Timur took service under an invading Mongol chieftain, seized 
Samarqand, ... His empire, which was never more than the expression of his 
personal... [DOC] [TLE] Samarkand - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Samarkand revolted against its Mongol rulers in 1365, and became the ... In 1370
, Timur the Lame, or Tamerlane, decided to make Samarkand the capital of his 
empire, ... It is the centerpiece of the city is one of the most important monuments 
of ... The Shahr-i-Zindar Monuments, which are tombs belonging to Timur and his
... [DOC] [TLE] World history - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] In 1914 this Hapsburg emperor declared war on Serbia, thus starting World War I 
...... The

Question: The tomb of this lame Mongol emperor is a major landmark in Samarkand
Answer: Tamerlane