He founded the Timurid Empire and, over a period of 32 years, invaded an area now divided into 25 countries. At Timur's ...

He was also briefly the ruler of one of the world's great powers - the Timurid Empire - that at its height ruled not only central Asia, but Iran and Afghanistan, as well as parts of Iraq ...

Although somewhat overshadowed in the West by the Italian Renaissance, the Timurid Empire spawned the Timurid Renaissance, where sciences and arts blossomed. Investment in arts and architecture ...

In this partly unfinished building, Persian master builders experimented with architectural and structural solutions later used in the construction of Samarkand, the capital of the Timurid Empire.

Through conquest and co-option, these rulers turned an unstable Timurid holding in north India into a continental empire. But they also had a profound love of art and culture, reflecting an ...