This ruler won the Battle of Balkh, and his tomb was discovered by Mikhail Gerasimov.
This ruler won the Battle of Balkh, and his tomb was discovered by Mikhail Gerasimov. This ruler destroyed Sarai and Astrakhan after he was betrayed by Tokhtamysh's Golden Horde, and this man's son Shah Rukh helped him defeat Bayezid I at the Battle of Ankara. He died before he could fulfill his plans of conquering (*) China. He sacked Delhi in 1398, and after conquering Damascus and Baghdad, he allegedly built a pyramid with his enemy's skulls. His descendant Babur later founded the Mughal Empire. For ten points, identify this crippled Central Asian conqueror who ruled from Samarkand.
This ruler won the Battle of Balkh, and his tomb was discovered by Mikhail Gerasimov.
{Tamerlane} (or {Timur} the Lame; or {Tamburlaine}; or {Timur} Lenk; or {Timur}-e Lang)