"Timur", in Encyclopædia Britannica " [Timur] was a member of the Turkic Barlas clan of Mongols"
"Baber", in Encyclopædia Britannica: "Baber first tried to recover Samarkand, the former capital of the empire founded by his Mongol ancestor Timur Lenk"
Govind Chandra Pande (1994). Life and thought of Śaṅkarācārya. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-1104-1, ISBN 978-81-208-1104-1. Source: [3] (accessed: Friday March 19, 2010), p.255
The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, "Timur", 6th ed., Columbia University Press" Timur (timoor') or Tamerlane (tăm'urlān), c.1336-1405, Mongol conqueror, b. Kesh, near Samarkand", (LINK)
Nicholas F. Gier, FROM MONGOLS TO MUGHALS: RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN INDIA 9TH-18TH CENTURIES, Presented at the Pacific Northwest Regional Meeting American Academy of Religion, Gonzaga University, May 2006 [4]. Retrieved 11 December 2006.
