tamerlane
IPA: tˈeɪmɝɫeɪn
Root Word: Tamerlane
noun
- a Turco-Mongol conqueror and the founder of the Timurid Empire in Persia and Central Asia
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Examples of "tamerlane" in Sentences
- Tamerlane burnt it to the ground in 1395.
- Tamerlane would later marry into his family.
- His biography of Tamerlane is a study in state terror.
- Tamerlane's polo grounds can still be seen in Samarkand.
- Tamerlane is buried in the Gur Emir mausoleum in the crypt.
- Tamerlane was not the first Asian ruler with the name Timur.
- It is famous as the only fortress ever to withstand a siege by Tamerlane.
- He was driven back to the steppe by Tamerlane and died shortly afterwards.
- It was ruined again and again during the invasion of Mongols and Tamerlane.
- The destruction of Maghas is ascribed either to the Mongols or to Tamerlane.