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born in Kesh, Transoxiana (moderd Uzbekistan). his father belonged to a Barlas tribe. he clained that he was related to Ghengis Khan.
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his troops were mostly turkik tribesmen of that area. he went on campaigns in Transoxiana with the Khan of Chagatai. he gained power
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plotting against the mongols, he started forming alliances with like-minded rulers. he was subsiquently dethroned. he had to become a bandit to survive.
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He became a well respected mercenary in Persia, and atracted a large following. he banded together with Amir Hussien and defeated the son of the mongol leader, Ilyas Khoja.
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timur and his ally Hussien battled through Transoxiana. by 1366 they controlled the entire state.
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Timur's wife, who was the hussiens sister died. this left timur free to kill his former ally. this made him the sole ruler of the entire region
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after almost a decade of conquering, timur had gained control over all of central asia. the conquests were carectorized by severe brutality and violence.
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Timur captured Herat in 1383. This was the opening salvo against Persia. By 1385, all of Persia was his.
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By this time, timurs empire had added Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Georgia, India, Turkey and Egypt. the carnage charactoristic of Timur's conquests continued. the entire city of Bagdad lay in ruins, as was the Indian city of Delhi
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Died in route to a campaign againt the ming dynasty. it was one of the bitterest winters ever recorded. He fell ill and died due to the horrible weather