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isfahan Timur.
Сын бека Тарагая из тюркизированного монг. племени барлас[Son of Bek Taragai from the Turkified Mongol Barlas tribe].
Timur was of both Turkish and Mongol descent and claimed Genghis Khan as an ancestor
First of all, Timur's genealogy gives him a common ancestor with Chinggis Khan in Tumbinai – sechen or Tumanay Khan.
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: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)The birthdate commonly ascribed to Tīmūr, 25 S̲h̲aʿbān 736/8 April 1336, is probably an invention from the time of his successor S̲h̲āh Ruk̲h̲ [q.v.], the day chosen for astrological meaning and the year to coincide with the death of the last Il-K̲h̲ān.
Timur was a member of the Turkicized Barlas tribe, a Mongol subgroup that had settled in Transoxania (now roughly corresponding to Uzbekistan) after taking part in Genghis Khan's son Chagatai's campaigns in that region.
Сын бека Тарагая из тюркизированного монг. племени барлас[Son of Bek Taragai from the Turkified Mongol Barlas tribe].
Timur was a member of the Turkicized Barlas tribe, a Mongol subgroup that had settled in Transoxania (now roughly corresponding to Uzbekistan) after taking part in Genghis Khan's son Chagatai's campaigns in that region.