Timur Khan

by Markus Eklund

"I am the scourge of God appointed to chastise you, since no one knows the remedy for your iniquity except me. You are wicked, but I am more wicked than you, so be silent!"

--Spoken by Tamerlane Khan before the the sacking of Damascus





In 1370, a man named Timur Lenk och Tamerlane made himself khan of the area around Samarkand, the largest city in Central Asia. During the following 30 years, he conquered most of Central Asia, the Middle East, Northern India and Southern Russia. Tamerlane's ultimate goal was to restore the empire of Genghis Khan, whom he falsely claimed as his ancestor. Genghis Khan, however, was much nicer than Tamerlane.