Conversation so far:
what is a good quality about Timur's personality?
He was also considered extraordinarily intelligent - not only intuitively but also intellectually.
did that trait get him anywhere in his career?
Timur is regarded as a military genius, and as a brilliant tactician with an uncanny ability to work within a highly fluid political structure.

Question: what career path did he take?
Self-contained rewrite: what career path did Timur take?