Gérard Chaliand, Nomadic Empires: From Mongolia to the Danube tradukita de A.M. Berrett, Transaction Publishers, 2004. tradukita de A.M. Berrett. Transaction Publishers, p.75. ISBN 0-7658-0204-X. Limited preview el Google Books. p. 75., ISBN 0-7658-0204-X, p.75., "Timur Leng (Tamerlane) Timur, known as the lame (1336–1405) was a Muslim Turk. He aspired to recreate the empire of his ancestors. He was a military genius who loved to play chess in his spare time to improve his military tactics and skill. And although he wielded absolute power, he never called himself more than an emir.", "Timur Leng (Tamerlane) Timur, known as the lame (1336–1405) was a Muslim Turk from the Umus of Chagatai who saw himself as Genghis Khan's heir."
Timur ne postulis esti descendanto de Ĝingis-Ĥano, ĉar en 1370 li instalis pup-ĥanon kiel reganto de Ĉagatai, en agnosko de la Mongola juro laŭ kiu nur sangodescendanto de Ĝingis-Ĥano rajtas regi. (Marozzi, p. 342[rompita ligilo])
G. R. Garthwaite, "The Persians", Malden, ISBN 978-1-55786-860-2, MA: Blackwell Pub., 2007. (p.148) Citaĵo:...Timur's tribe, the Barlas, had Mongol origins but had become Turkic-speaking... However, the Barlus tribe is considered one of the original Mongol tribes and there are "Barlus Ovogton" people who belong to Barlus tribe in modern Mongolia.
Gérard Chaliand, Nomadic Empires: From Mongolia to the Danube tradukita de A.M. Berrett, Transaction Publishers, 2004. tradukita de A.M. Berrett. Transaction Publishers, p.75. ISBN 0-7658-0204-X. Limited preview el Google Books. p. 75., ISBN 0-7658-0204-X, p.75., "Timur Leng (Tamerlane) Timur, known as the lame (1336–1405) was a Muslim Turk. He aspired to recreate the empire of his ancestors. He was a military genius who loved to play chess in his spare time to improve his military tactics and skill. And although he wielded absolute power, he never called himself more than an emir.", "Timur Leng (Tamerlane) Timur, known as the lame (1336–1405) was a Muslim Turk from the Umus of Chagatai who saw himself as Genghis Khan's heir."
"Central Asia, history of Timur", en Encyclopædia Britannica, reta eldono, 2007. (Citaĵo:"...Under his leadership, Timur united the Mongol tribes located in the basins of the two rivers.")
"Islamic world", en Encyclopædia Britannica, reta eldono, 2007. Citaĵo: "Timur (Tamerlane) was of Mongol descent and he aimed to restore Mongol power...."
