Caption:
Timur, (Timur Lenk, Timur-i-Long, Tamerlan); Asian conqueror of Turco-Mongol descent; founder of the Timurid dynasty in Persia and Transoxiana; Kesh (Chagatai Khanate) 8.4.1336 - Otrar near Shymkent 19.1.1405. Timur's troops in a cavalry battle. Islamic miniature, 16th Century. Illustration from the Timurnama (history of Timur). Gouache on paper. Istanbul, Museum of Turkish Art.