claim: Timur was Anglo-Saxon.
evidence: Transoxiana -LRB- also spelled Transoxania -RRB- , known in Arabic sources as -LRB- -LSB- ˈmaː waˈraːʔ anˈnahr -RSB- -- ` what -LSB- is -RSB- beyond the -LSB- Oxus -RSB- river ' -RRB- and in Persian as -LRB- فرارود , -LSB- fæɾɒːɾuːd -RSB- -- ` beyond the -LSB- Amudarya -RSB- river ' -RRB- , is the ancient name used for the portion of Central Asia corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , southern Kyrgyzstan , and southwest Kazakhstan .. Central Asia. Central Asia. Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan. Tajikistan. Tajikistan. Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyzstan. Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan. Oxus. Oxus. Geographically , it is the region between the Amu Darya -LRB- Ωξος Oxos -RRB- and Syr Darya rivers .. Amu Darya. Amu Darya. Syr Darya. Syr Darya. The area had been known to the Romans as Transoxania -LRB- Land beyond the Oxus -RRB- , to the Arabs as Mawarannahr -LRB- Land Beyond the River -RRB- , and to the Iranians as Turan , a term used in the Persian national epic Shahnameh .. Oxus. Oxus. Turan. Turan. Shahnameh. Shahnameh. The region was one of the satrapies of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia under the name Sogdiana .. Achaemenid dynasty. Achaemenid dynasty. Sogdiana. Sogdiana. Early Arab geographers named it `` Bilad al-Turk '' or `` Turkestan , '' both of which mean ` the lands of the Turks ' .. Turkestan. Turkestan